The problems caused by human
overpopulation are hard to see.

I don't think so. The slums & urban sprawl are everywhere.

A convenient place to start would be to stop
suppressing SARS, allowing it to spread unchecked,
and see how that goes. BRBR

Never mind SARS. Look at AIDS. That is exactly what is happening, especially in
Africa. It doesn't seem to have resulted in an increase in democracy so far. It
will be many years before we see whether it has any effect on the preservation
of the rainforests. Meanwhile, millions are suffering and dying. There must be
a better way to prevent overpopulation.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)

(Iris Cohen) wrote:

The problems caused by human
overpopulation are hard to see.

I don't think so. The slums & urban sprawl are everywhere.

How about salt water intrusion into underground aquifers?
Destruction of coral reefs? Decimation of fish stocks?
Ozone depletion? Loss of habitat? Loss of diversity?
Easy to see?


A convenient place to start would be to stop
suppressing SARS, allowing it to spread unchecked,
and see how that goes.

Never mind SARS. Look at AIDS. That is exactly what is happening, especially in
Africa. It doesn't seem to have resulted in an increase in democracy so far. It
will be many years before we see whether it has any effect on the preservation
of the rainforests. Meanwhile, millions are suffering and dying. There must be
a better way to prevent overpopulation.

There's less suffering with SARS!


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(David James Polewka) wrote:

There's less suffering with SARS!

You are an idiot!
No people mean no consumers and no money.
U.S economy is deterioating and isn't going to get any better because of SARS.

In sci.physics, David James Polewka

wrote
on Tue, 15 Jul 2003 11:48:18 GMT
:
(EdiSon) wrote:

(David James Polewka) wrote:

There's less suffering with SARS!

You are an idiot!
No people mean no consumers and no money.
U.S economy is deterioating and isn't going to get any better
because of SARS.

Are there any other life forms besides people?

None that spends money. :-)

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In sci.physics, David James Polewka

wrote
on Tue, 15 Jul 2003 11:48:18 GMT
:
(EdiSon) wrote:

(David James Polewka) wrote:

There's less suffering with SARS!

You are an idiot!
No people mean no consumers and no money.
U.S economy is deterioating and isn't going to get any better
because of SARS.

Are there any other life forms besides people?

None that spends money. :-)

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The Ghost In The Machine wrote:

In sci.physics,
David James Polewka wrote

(EdiSon) wrote:

(David James Polewka) wrote:

There's less suffering with SARS!

You are an idiot!
No people mean no consumers and no money.
U.S economy is deterioating and isn't going to get any better
because of SARS.

Are there any other life forms besides people?

None that spends money. :-)

That's all the economy is, people and money!


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"Endeavor to persevere"
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(N'vok) wrote:

(David James Polewka) wrote:

There's less suffering with SARS!

You are an idiot!
No people mean no consumers and no money.
U.S economy is deterioating and isn't going to get any better because of
SARS.

A few hundred people won't make much of a difference. Earth has been
declared SARS free. I'm not saying it is, mind, but there haven't been
any new cases in some time.

Ten years ago, there were 3 workers for every Social Security
recipient. Ten years from now, there will be less than one
worker per recipient. See the trend? Now SARS has an estimated
15% mortality rate on the population as a whole, but a 50% rate
on age 65 and up. So, for 64 and under, it's maybe 5%. Get it?

This is getting utterly ridiculous. Please stick to botany.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)