I agree, improving quality of life for those living is paramount. I have read that they had predicted in the past that the world would never sustain today's population.
On 10/25/05, BillR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 17:50:43 -0700 > From: "Gabriel S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] population > To: Mercedes mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Everyone in this world could be as happy as a Catholic Bishop on a > deserted > island with the Vienna boys choir, but, the bottom line is this: This > earth > can physically only support a certain population (what that number is, I > don't know, I hear it has been raised over and over) before people starve > and die. > *********** > Absolutely correct, and IIRC, that terminal population number [actually a > reference to the point at which birth and death numbers match, but often > touted as the max population of the earth] from about 25 years ago is 16 - > 17 billion. I have never trusted such numbers as they suggest that people > will behave in ways that people never will. My point is that we need to > look at a lot of other things besides just 'too many people in the world.' > If that is viewed as the problem then we [especially old men like me] are > pretty much powerless to change things [we can still dream, but that is > another thread...LOL]. It is not one big problem but a LOT of smaller > ones. > BillR > Jacksonville FL > 1981 300SD 265K / 200K engine [?] > > > > _______________________________________ > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > -- Gabriel Soto Southern California 1987 300D 230K=-
