X-Message-Number: 14641
From: "Quantum Mechanic" <>
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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?

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