Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19971202152638.00d2eb70@aloha.net> Date: Tue, 2 Dec 1997 15:26:38 -1000 From: Jay Hanson <mailto:j@QMAIL.COM> Subject: Re: Megadeath To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
At 07:14 PM 12/2/97 -0500, Jonathan Sanford wrote:>Some time ago, we had a discussion about population/environment/ etc.
>Somebody said a great die-off of people (megadeath) was almost inevitable if
>the world was to get back to its carrying capacity. I really don't want to get
The point was that megadeath IS inevitable if we either don't see it coming or fail to act.
Tell your friend to look at: http://dieoff.org/page5.htm
Jay ..............................................................
GLOBAL POPULATION GROWTH WITH LIFE-SUPPORT COLLAPSE Billions ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |11 You are here----------------+ |10 | _ |9
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V _ -~ | ~ - _ |7 _-~ | ~ _ |6 _- ~ | ~_|5 _-~ | |4 _-~ | |3 ____ ---~ Massive human die-off begins. |2 -- ~~~~~~ (GIGADEATH) |1 --|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|--- 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 2040 2060 2080[P. 133, Meadows, et al., BEYOND THE LIMITS; Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1992. 800-639-4099, 603-448-0317, Fax 603-448-2576; ISBN 0-930031-62-8]