I know this has been discussed before, but the point still needs to be made that overconsumption and overpopulation both need to be addressed as our greatest problems.
We over-consumers might say overpopulation is the greatest problem, since we can then point at other cultures as being the primary source of the population problem, thereby exonerating our overconsumption. And I'm sure these other cultures point at us overconsumers as exonerating their high reproductive rates -- they need these extra hands to produce and survive, perhaps in hopes of somehow approaching even a fraction of our level of consumption in the process. But the fact remains, in a high-population growth nation such as Bangladesh it takes 90 of these over-populators to consume as much as one of us over-consumers. In Ecology 101 we all learned that species' population growth limits aren't defined by numbers but rather by resource consumption. Warren W. Aney Senior Wildlife Ecologist -----Original Message----- From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto:ecolo...@listserv.umd.edu] On Behalf Of William Silvert Sent: Saturday, 26 September, 2009 13:28 To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Population control It is always time to address the problem of overpopulation. It is probably the greatest problem we face. Of course there are those who disagree. I received an off-list reply accusing me of racism because I bemoaned the world's increasing population, but we still have to deal with the issue rationally, and overpopulation is definitely a huge issue. Bill Silvert ----- Original Message ----- From: "bangrand" <bangr...@isu.edu> To: <ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 6:38 PM Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Population control >I raised this issue about a year ago and was admonished that >overpopulation was a red herring. Is it finally time to address this >taboo? > > randy
