Oh the Optimists

Why won't the debate progress a little. We always get the people who say there have always been end of the world theories that never happened. Duh.... are you capable of looking at history a little longer than a twenty year period. 1347 or around that depending on which part of the world you lived in. Thirty percent of the population of Europe gone... was that not an end of the world period.

South America witnessing the arrival of the gun and germ carrying conquistadors... some people say 90% of the population of the Americas disappeared. Was that not the end of the world scenario?

Catastrophes on a mega scale happen and they happen repeatedly, so let's not stray down the Malthus said it would happen and it didn't. Malthus has been right, just look at Rwanda, the most densely populated country in Africa. Globally he was wrong, but he may yet have his day although i pray he won't, as i am sure he would. Oh and those that constantly criticize Malthus don't forget his massive influence on a young Darwin, somebody those very same people look up to.

So now stop the end of the world theories are stupid they never happen, to bad things happen, and they have what are our main worries. What are the risks, what can we do about it.

The main thing we have to do all over the world is moderate population increase, we have to promote family planning, if we do that one thing we have a chance. How can we solve the world's problems whether they be drug use, poverty, child labour, fish stocks imploding, the chopping down of the rain forest if population continues exploding. We have to moderate population increase and promote family planning, so do your bit for the planet, for your children, and your own long term future and promote it whenever you are with a person of influence, without it we might as well forget about global warming, and carbon emissions, it will be for worthless.

So do your bit for this planet