X-Message-Number: 28018 References: <> From: David Stodolsky <> Subject: Re: CryoNet #28009 - #28011 Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 18:27:16 +0200 On 8 Jun 2006, at 17:55, Anthony . wrote: >> and forget about extending life because there are >> too many people here already. > > Over-population is a real problem, and cryonicists must address it > rather than bury our heads in the freezer. Over-population is dangerous nonsense that even the aid organizations dropped in the 90's. Using 1970's technology, we could support 60 billion people according to a Sci. Amer. article from that period (Revelle, 3 Sept. '76, The resources available for agriculture). Other estimates of the Earth's carrying capacity range from 3 to 120 billion. UN population predictions have been revised downward repeatedly to the current 9 billion peak. If there was any carrying capacity problem, space colonization has about a 13 year timeline. dss David Stodolsky Skype: davidstodolsky Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=28018