X-Message-Number: 22001 Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 12:52:58 +0200 Subject: Re: Malthus vs Simon From: David Stodolsky <> On Monday, June 16, 2003, at 11:00 AM, CryoNet wrote: > Regarding the Malthus versus Simon debate, in the last few years, the > trend > in grain production suggests that we're near "Peak Grain" as well as > "Peak > Oil": This type of propaganda inhibits the spread of any life-extension technology. An earlier posted ref from 1972 calculated that carrying capacity of the Earth, using that day's agricultural technology, was 60 billion. It is estimated by the UN that population will not rise above 9 billion, down from the earlier estimate of 12 billion. dss > David S. Stodolsky SpamTo: Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=22001