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To: average joe who wrote (6298)	4/16/2006 8:15:39 PM
From: S. maltophilia	Read Replies (1) of 36917

<<Paul Ehrlich predicted mass starvation in the 1960s.>> He did, indeed; in the 1960's he wrote the book in question. amazon.com The timing may be a bit off, but the fact that it hasn't happened yet doesn't mean it won't. How long do you think we'll have cheap petroleum? Do you really think we're moving away from an economy based on the oxidation of carbon? Yes, we hear plenty of hype about hydrogen, wind, etc., but demand for petroleum keeps rising. We've gone from 3 billion when The population Bomb came out to 6 billion and change, we're using more resources than ever, and still billions of us don't even have a car. Crichton isn't worried about the planet. I'm not either. The TCA cycle and mitochondria have been around for a billion years or more. But if I had kids I'd be worried for them.

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