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Re: The Limits To Growth



Yuri Kuchinsky wrote:
> 
> Jeff Skinner (tigger@bnr.ca) wrote:
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> : In article <E0x0zD.7I8.0.sheppard@torfree.net>, bg364@torfree.net (Yuri Kuchinsky) writes:
> : _]People who deny the reality of overpopulation also prevent any action that
> : _]may address this problem. Thus they are responsible to a certain degree,
> : _]some more than others. McCarthy not to the same degree as the Pope who is
> : _]perhaps the biggest criminal.
> 
> :  If McCarthy and the Pope are criminals, what do you see as your own
> : relationship to this fast-breaking tragedy ? Do you have a "solution" ?
> 
> Put a book by Paul Ehrlich in every hotel room!
> 
> Yuri.
> 
Overpopulation? Paul Ehrlich?  Wake up and smell the increased food
production in the world.  Per-capita world food production has been
rising steadily since 1950 and is currently 40% higher than it was
then.  These are official UN figures.  As proof of this realize that the
real price of wheat has been steadily falling since 1800, and as prices
are the best judges of scarcity, we are not facing a food shortage but a
massive food surplus.  Also do you realize that through the use of
hydrophonics a midwestern company called PhytoFarm has built a factory
of 50,000 square feet (about an acre) and is producing 1 ton of garden
vegetables (like lettuce) per day.  

In other words, don't worry, be happy theres plenty of food for
everyone.

Max Jacobs

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