X-Message-Number: 14641 From: "Quantum Mechanic" <> References: <> Subject: Overpopulation Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2000 17:12:33 -0500 > From: Phil Rhoades <> > I'm not sure what David means by "corruption" but it is certainly true that > vast resources are getting wasted on war and armaments etc but there is no > doubt (in my mind at least) that overpopulation has done great damage to > natural resources and many species and is causing a catastrophic decrease > in genetic diversity - make no mistake, humans (in our current form) cannot > survive without an earth that has substantial biodiversity: overpopulation > + wasted resources on technologies of destruction IS a survival issue. If > there is a global environmental catastrophe of one sort or another in the > next few decades you can forget about getting revived from cryostasis . . > If overpopulation is such a big problem, why are the most densely populated parts of the earth generally the most properous? Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=14641