No doubt about it. From back in 2006:
The speech Mims heard was delivered by Eric R. Pianka, a lizard expert from the University of Texas. It is recounted in detail in the latest issue of the Citizen Scientist.
War and famine would not do, he explained. Instead, disease offered the most efficient and fastest way to kill the billions that must soon die if the population crisis is to be solved. ... His favorite candidate for eliminating 90 percent of the worlds population is airborne Ebola, because it is both highly lethal and it kills in days, instead of years.
Mims notes that when Pianka finished his remarks, the audience of fellow scientists and students burst out in sustained applause.
What kind of reception have you received as you have presented these ideas to other audiences that are not representative of us? asked one member of the audience.
I speak to the converted! Pianka replied.
Wow. And in Texas to boot.
We need to dig into this more.
I am going to see what else I can find on this one.