On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 19:09:20 +0800 csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 23:09:37 +0100, > Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > > On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 11:39:31 -0600, > > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 02:22, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > > On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 22:56:11 -0600, > > > > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > [...] > > > > > as sharing a good life etc means mankind volonteers to back > > > > off on breeding, capping the population at I guess 15B, and > > > > easing it down to the long term sustainable 10B. > > This doesn't have to be the case if humanity expands to space. > There are enough raw materials out there for 10T humans. (Just > reading a sci-fi novel about asteroid mining.) > > > > It was tried in the PRC, which has the muscle and > > > neighborhood spies to enforce it. Still, it didn't work. > > There's never been any self-limiting species. That's why we have > pest control and wayward asteroids to keep the successes of > evolution in check. If we as a species want to survive the next > millenium we have to invest in space. No amount of birth control > or social problem will solve the population explosion. > When you next look at an orange that's going mouldy, look more closely. There are a number of colonies of microorganisms pulling off the contract, not just one. A colony of bacteria is only capable of growing to a certain size before it begins to kill itself off with its' own effluent. In a very similar fashion to what we are doing to ourselves now. Also, man is the only species on the planet that goes in for wholesale self-slaughter. Not even rats do that.
There are self-limiting species, alright. They are the dumb ones. Regards, David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
