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From: brian@digi-g.UUCP (Brian Westley)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: I'm OK, you're excess population
Message-ID: <517@digi-g.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 25-Mar-85 11:02:08 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 25 11:02:08 1985
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Reply-To: brian@digi-g.UUCP (Merlyn Leroy)
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Summary: 

<2^256>

	The problem with overpopulation is NOT that the Earth can/cannot
support 4,5,6,7..billion people, the problem is it CAN'T support 4,8,16,32..
billion people indefinitly, since the population DOUBLES every N years.
Such growth will outweigh the Earth, the solar system, the galaxy, and
eventually the universe with just a few doublings (the universe, by some
estimates, has approx. 2^256 atoms in it).  Currently, the doubling rate is
on the order of 50 years or thereabouts.  People (i.e. Reagan) who say it
isn't something to worry about obviously can't multiply :-)


Merlyn Leroy
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