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Re: Ecological Economics and Entropy
On 26 Nov 1996 15:37:08 GMT, dlj@inforamp.net (David Lloyd-Jones)
wrote:
>On 26 Nov 1996 05:21:46 GMT, mbk@caffeine.engr.utk.edu (Matt Kennel)
>wrote:
>
>>I agree with this, but one must consider the possibility that the
>>screwed up governmental policies and civil wars are significantly exacerbated
>>by existing local overpopulation.
The problem with Yuri is he believes in a very simplistic correlation
-- anywhere in the world there is a civil war, he says it's caused by
overpopulation.
This is nonsensical. Certainly overpopulation would likely indeed
exacerbate tensions and perhaps even lead to civil war, but areas like
Sudan and Zaire are vastly underpopulated compared to their potential
resource base.
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