[Vision2020] When Moscow Doubles -- Questioning the Premise

[Nils Peterson]

I was arriving along a similar line of thinking, problemetizing the
question. But I'd like to stick with it.

Here, through the magic of compound interest

Rate of growth    population in 2020, starting from 20K today
 1% 22989  
 2% 26390  
 3% 30252  
 4% 34634  
 5% 39559

I'm not worried about the water issue, Seattle doubled its population and
reduced total water consumption. We have real work to do, but we are as
smart as the people is Seattle. Now-- you've told us that the Wanapum wells
will go dry in this time frame... So we have to be even smarter than
Seattle.

The other issue is the economic driver -- show me the money. Topic for
another post.


On 5/21/06 8:34 AM, "Mark Solomon" <msolomon at moscow.com> wrote:

> I too have heard Mr. Lambert refer to a doubling of population in
> Idaho over 15 years. However, I have yet to hear anyone say that
> Moscow's population will follow that same curve. Moscow has had an
> averaged growth rate of 1%/year for decades and there is no reason to
> assume it will be changing anytime soon, especially given the
> restraint of available water supply and the somewhat steady state of
> our leading economic drivers (UI, ag, retail and, to a lesser extent,
> technology).