X-Message-Number: 14631
Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2000 00:14:01 +0100
From: Phil Rhoades <>
Subject: Overpopulation . .

>Message #14623
>References: <>
>Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 13:14:30 +0200
>From: David Stodolsky <>
>Subject: Re: Will cryonauts be exploited in some way?

David had some things to say about exploring the galaxy etc that I 
generally agree with but I couldn't let this pass:

>Current trends indicate a decrease in overall population at a time
>that precedes the breakout to space and need for more people. The
>Establishment continues to proclaim "overpopulation" as a source of
>problems, when it is their own corruption which causes poverty, etc.
>Now, why isn't this surprising? Within the last few years it has
>begun to dawn on the "aid" community that overpopulation is not the
>central problem, but this has not "trickled down" to the general
>public, who suffered years of indoctrination about overpopulation,
>resource shortages, etc.

I'm not sure what David means by "corruption" but it is certainly true that 
vast resources are getting wasted on war and armaments etc but there is no 
doubt (in my mind at least) that overpopulation has done great damage to 
natural resources and many species and is causing a catastrophic decrease 
in genetic diversity - make no mistake, humans (in our current form) cannot 
survive without an earth that has substantial biodiversity: overpopulation 
+ wasted resources on technologies of destruction IS a survival issue.  If 
there is a global environmental catastrophe of one sort or another in the 
next few decades you can forget about getting revived from cryostasis . .

R&LL,

Phil.
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