At 04:09 PM 26/04/00 -0400, David Honig wrote:
>At 12:42 PM 4/26/00 -0400, Jim Burnes wrote:
>>Please, Tom. This is really getting tired. Malthus' theories were
disproven
>>years ago. Technology increases the population carrying capacity of the
>>planet.
>
>Polynomial vs. exponential growth. Exponential wins every time.
>
>Besides, the genes are maxxed out on the foodcrops.. [an article in
>Science in the last year]
You aren't taking "global warming" and all the terrain that will become
more habitable in siberia, canada and alaska, perhaps even antarctica into
account.
More arable land in the temperate zones, slightly harsher in the equatorial
regions, if "global warming" comes to fruition.
Or, we could kick NASA in the cajones and become a true space-faring race.
Reese
