QUERY: uzhe + poka = ???

[Paul B. Gallagher]

Kim Braithwaite wrote:

> Heck of a stumper. Without more context, is there the faintest chance of 
> a misprint,  or something inadvertently omitted? Don't know if a reading 
> of "uzhe VOZMOZHNO ... " would mean anything either.

They're talking about options for energy sustainability in a world 
running out of oil. One nightmare scenario is that population continues 
to grow, and eventually we hit a wall where we can't provide food and 
heat for everyone, and billions die. But they regard a world population 
of a billion or so as sustainable for the long term, so part of the 
discussion is, "how do we get there from here?"

After ruling out a Ponzi scheme where the working-age population works 
harder and harder to support a growing population of children and 
retirees, the authors conclude thus:

... Поэтому во всех рекомендациях предлагается стабилизация 
народонаселения, сопровождаемая ростом энерговооруженности. Иными 
словами, сократить население планеты до миллиарда ненасильственным путем 
уже невозможно и пока невозможно.

... So all recommendations propose population stabilization accompanied 
by a growth in energy supply. In other words, reducing the world’s 
population to a billion by nonviolent means is (already?) impossible and 
(so far?) impossible.

[Note: They define the term "энерговооруженность" elsewhere as energy 
availability per capita. But for this sentence I thought it best to 
streamline.]

-- 
War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
--
Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
http://pbg-translations.com

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