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From: arf@gagme.chi.il.us (jack schmidling)
Newsgroups: sci.bio,talk.environment
Subject: WHY BOTHER?
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Date: 15 Mar 91 01:21:46 GMT
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 Article 4108 (12 more) in sci.bio:
 From: szabo@crg5.UUCP (Nick Szabo)
 (SAME) Subject: Re: Why bother? (was Re: Terraforming, sun 
 shield)
 
 
 >As I pointed out previously, the human race will _not_ 
 expand, because the natural equilibrium population growth 
 rate with reliable birth control is c. -50% per generation.  
 This is regardless of any technology except that related to 
 radically reducing the costs of having children in terms of
 money and women's health.
 
  ARf says:
 
 You can write off technology but you can't ignore politics 
 religion or human nature.
 
 A significant portion of the population of the planet finds 
 "reliable birth control" to be immoral, illegal, un-macho, 
 unavailable or unknown.
 
 Come down from your cloud.  The earth is doomed as long as 
 people ignore the obvious.
 
 arf