Posted on 04/27/2012 9:35:49 AM PDT by JohnKinAK
The world's most renowned population analyst has called for a massive reduction in the number of humans and for natural resources to be redistributed from the rich to the poor.
Paul Ehrlich, Bing professor of population studies at Stanford University in California and author of the best-selling Population Bomb book in 1968, goes much further than the Royal Society in London which this morning said that physical numbers were as important as the amount of natural resources consumed.
Link to this audio The optimum population of Earth enough to guarantee the minimal physical ingredients of a decent life to everyone was 1.5 to 2 billion people rather than the 7 billion who are alive today or the 9 billion expected in 2050, said Ehrlich in an interview with the Guardian.
"How many you support depends on lifestyles. We came up with 1.5 to 2 billion because you can have big active cities and wilderness. If you want a battery chicken world where everyone has minimum space and food and everyone is kept just about alive you might be able to support in the long term about 4 or 5 billion people. But you already have 7 billion. So we have to humanely and as rapidly as possible move to population shrinkage."
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
I thought this charlatan was dead. We know all of his “ideas” and proclamations are dead and wrong.
Thanks. I have seen that site before. Probably where it started and where the article I read came from.
How many more does he want to murder?
According to WHO:
125,000 abortions worldwide per day (45,625,000 annually)
3,000+ abortions in the USA per day (4-in-10 pregnancies)
By statistic, the fastest and most humane way to stabilize (or even reduce) population growth, is to adopt free market principles and the American form of constitutional government. When any country does that, they become affluent and population growth tends to fall off.
Naturally, one can't expect a bloodless, Communist monster like Paul Ehrlich to see that.
These lefties hold life in such low regard, it’s a wonder they don’t commit more suicides.
Darn I thought the geezer had done the world a favor and euthanized himself.
Nope you never hear of the libtards doing that who promote this nonsense. They need to stay behind to “guide” us neaderthals that remain.
Talk is cheap Ehrich. Cash out and prove your commitment to the cause.
Gaea-worship is a form of idolatry.
Steve Martin advocated this way back in the 1970s with his Let's Get Small routine.
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