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To: slacker711 who wrote (162084)3/25/2006 10:48:43 PM
From: Snowshoe  Respond to of 793955
 
>>a zero-growth population would be an absolute disaster for the country<<

That is totally illogical, because if true our population would have to keep growing FOREVER to avoid disaster. Besides, the Japanese have now solved the demographic problem... <g>

Photo: news.yahoo.com

AFP/JIJI PRESS - Tue Mar 14, 12:34 PM ET The RI-MAN robot carries a life-sized doll at the Riken laboratory in Nagoya, central Japan. The RI-MAN is a seeing, hearing and smelling robot that can carry human beings and is aimed at helping care for the country's growing number of elderly.(AFP/JIJI PRESS)



To: slacker711 who wrote (162084)3/25/2006 10:55:39 PM
From: ManyMoose  Respond to of 793955
 
It would be great to have human population growth world wide start slowing down, but you stated your view much more elegantly than I did. I'm some where in the middle, I guess.