# What is the population of this sci-fi dystopian future Earth?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 26, 2003, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-population-of-this-sci-fi-dystopian-future-earth/184409 "2003-06-26T00:57:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Blake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-population-of-this-sci-fi-dystopian-future-earth/184409/21 "2003-06-26T22:22:24Z")

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So can we have a reference for :

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> Without plants constantly adding oxygen to the atmosphere we would have a nitrogen, methane and CO2 atmosphere pretty quickly. It might take a few months or a few years, but pretty soon there would be almost no free O2.

Like I said, it seems to contradict the published scientific data.

I note that we have revised the position from months or years to “I have no idea how long this would take”.

Do you have any reason to believe it at all? beyond ‘it stands to reason’ I mean?

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