On 29 Jun 2002 at 21:49, Ronn Blankenship wrote:

> Most environmental extremists think the current figure should be
> something more like 92%+ (i.e., the maximum the Earth can sustain
> according to them is no more than 500 million).

Fortunately, Malthus underestimated Humanity's talent for not taking 
ANYTHING to it's logical conclusion :P

I won't say that we're overpopulated now, but I'd not like to see 
world population, speaking as an Eco-Realist, stablise at a level 
much more than 50% above the current one.

Andy
Dawn Falcon

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