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To: elmatador who wrote (16111)	3/4/2002 8:37:24 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 74559

Re: There are some people that want to freeze the earth in the state it is in. Then there are those of us who think the ideal carrying capacity of this planet for weed species like homo sapiens might amount to fewer than one billion individuals. Generally, I steer away from preachy jeremiads, but this David Quammen piece does have a lot of truth to it: churchofeuthanasia.org ....................................................... Maybe you or Maurice would like to comment on the big picture issue in energy. It is said that Planet earth had about 3 Trillion barrels of recoverable crude oil before Drake's discovery in Pennsylvania changed everything. In the 140 years since then, we've used about 1 T bbl, our rate of consumption indicates we'll be out of the oil business by 2100, after some astonishing price gouging occurs. But by then, we'll be 12 Billion strong, without hope of a brighter future, a sustainable agriculture, oceans that provide enough protein, fresh water, or places to put all the surplus people. What then? Shouldn't we think ahead, just a bit?