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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.


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