tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142988674703954802.post5716417390730921685..comments2024-03-11T04:54:26.827-07:00Comments on THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: Paul Ehrlich's Real Population BombUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142988674703954802.post-790706515442858362014-05-07T15:12:12.790-07:002014-05-07T15:12:12.790-07:00on the occasion of the first Earth Day in 1970:
“...on the occasion of the first Earth Day in 1970:<br /><br />“Population will inevitably and completely outstrip whatever small increases in food supplies we make. The death rate will increase until at least 100-200 million people per year will be starving to death during the next ten years.”<br />• Paul Ehrlich, Stanford University biologist<br /><br />“By…[1975] some experts feel that food shortages will have escalated the present level of world hunger and starvation into famines of unbelievable proportions. Other experts, more optimistic, think the ultimate food-population collision will not occur until the decade of the 1980s.”<br />• Paul Ehrlich, Stanford University biologist<br /><br />“It is already too late to avoid mass starvation.” <br />• Denis Hayes, chief organizer for Earth Day<br /><br />If there were any conservatives who said anything this wrong it would be repeated by all the "news" networks. In this case, nothing. At that time Ehrlich was in the "global cooling crisis" camp saying that pollution would block the light and reduce ag production. Maybe that's what all those funny looking puffy trails in the sky since the 90s are supposed to do? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142988674703954802.post-75514729763208530372013-09-01T21:45:52.724-07:002013-09-01T21:45:52.724-07:00The earth and its resources are finite yet man has...The earth and its resources are finite yet man has been increasing its population as if the earth were infinite. Technology may put off disasters for a while but population growth without bounds is unsustainable. If man does not control its population, nature will, catastrophically.Will Haashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03168168703004645972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142988674703954802.post-91401081259364736752013-08-31T16:58:04.172-07:002013-08-31T16:58:04.172-07:00If the climate cools drastically, Ehrlich could en...If the climate cools drastically, Ehrlich could end up being right for the wrong reasons. He's still an asshole. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142988674703954802.post-81297121295563310312013-08-30T19:52:47.291-07:002013-08-30T19:52:47.291-07:00do you want a bet, Anonymous?do you want a bet, Anonymous?Igorhttp://nourl.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142988674703954802.post-79948570690695942372013-08-30T18:59:50.548-07:002013-08-30T18:59:50.548-07:00Mr Ehrlih is very likely to have the last laugh. H...Mr Ehrlih is very likely to have the last laugh. His most dire predictions might not have played out, but the gist of his predictions is now playing out in the Middle East, and will soon be playing out in Asia. Population in arab countries doubled in my lifetime, and these countries are still in doubling/generation mode (more than 50% of the population under 15 years of age). This population demands western lifestyle, which they cannot get. They are concentrated in cities with no jobs, in countries that must import food. Meanwhile, the US with 5% of world population still uses 25% of worlds oil. Do your own math. Production of hydrocarbon fuels alone is a hard barrier to economic growth worldwide. No amount of political springs or gimmicks can change that. There may ultimately be some technological way out here, but it sure will be a hard slog, and the outcome is by now means assured, given that nuclear weapons are now ubiquitous and mature technology. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com