X-Message-Number: 582 Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1991 20:53:08 -0500 (EST) From: (The Ayatollah of Rock 'n' Rolla) Subject: CRYONICS One problem regarding revival bothers me. Now, to look at the state of the world today, it is more than obvious that VERY soon (like, in the next twenty years--in fact, many parts of the globe (India, China, Phillipines, et.al.) are experiencing this right now...) we are going to have a MAJOR problem regarding overpopulation. At the rate we have been reproducing our species, the world population (now estimated at over 5 BILLION!) has a tendency to double every ten years or so (not entirely accurate, I know, but close enough)! In fact, unless I'm mistaken, several nations (e.g. China) have strict population control laws (one child per family, and what not). My point: What sort of future laws are going to be passed here in the West (the U.S. and Canada in particular) regarding population control? And would revival of cryonically suspended individuals be a violation of these laws. [I know--that depends on the particular laws, but it IS food for thought!] This is something--among others--which should seriously be taken into consideration. Vincent P. Frank II [ Vincent, message #398 (Aug. 18, 1991 on "Cryonics and Overpopulation") has several suggestions for replies to your questions about overpopulation. I will send a copy of that message to you. Others who want a copy may send email to me with the Subject line "CRYOMSG 398". - KQB ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=582