OrionWorks wrote:
Mr. Rothewell,
I do not believe Mr. Goering is joking.
Ah, well, in that case . . .
If he *is* for real -- or he is faking it but his brand of black humor
bothers you -- then I recommend you auto-delete his messages. Life is too
short to let such people bother you. It is not as if he is saying anything
useful.
I hesitate to auto-delete some people because they post good messages
sometimes, but irritating stuff at other times. I suppose I myself am
guilty of that.
Treating this subject of overpopulation seriously for a moment, my views
are expressed in chapter 16 of the book: "Reducing population will reduce
pollution. The two problems are linked, obviously. All else being equal,
the more people there are, the more pollution they cause. But all else is
never equal. The amount of pollution produced per capita can vary
tremendously. In most nations, including the U.S., there is still scope to
reduce it dramatically. . . ."
(I see that I did not source that statement in the footnotes . . . Hmmm . .
. For the record, this is the conventional view shared by most population
experts and demographers. I learned it as a child, from my mother, who was
a demographer.)
- Jed
