now we're talking. On 10/25/05, Potter, Tom E <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That was the theory of Thomas Malthus. The industrial revolution > disrupted his theory as I remember from my studies (Specifically, > mechanized farming allowed more food to be grown). That is the problem > with any equation that we develop to determine population load, we > cannot foresee what changes future technology will have on the capacity > of the Earth to sustain a population. > > http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/malthus/malthus.0.html > > Thomas E. Potter > Telephone: (713) 215-2877 > Fax: (713) 215-2551 > Mobile: (832) 794-0536 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Gabriel S. > Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 9:49 AM > To: Mercedes mailing list > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Terminal population > > > 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=- > _______________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________ > 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 >
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