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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (28326)	2/15/1999 7:37:00 PM
From: long-gone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116764

<<Richard, go to this link and look at the 50 year projections for population growth in Africa and Asia.>> We (again) allowed emotion driven words to precede thought driven writing. 1. What I was referring to is the theory that, at times, productivity growth in natural resource extraction can outstrip relative population gains. there is a (widely held) school of thought that the population growth rate reductions(due to WW I & the 1900's flu outbreak)along with the dawning of the industrial revolution(from productivity advancements - somewhat driven by WW I) were the cause of the underlying reduction in demand which caused the Great Depression. You did not even address any of these other diseases, which have caused great (& sudden) localized population losses. EBola ever heard of it? My point was; there may have well been a negative impact on the relationship between population growth rates and natural resource extraction rates! Many natural resources have had far improved yields (in farm crops) and mining/oil recovery rates due to improved GPS & other satellite based technologies. It is this delicate balance between supply and demand which is out of sync.(IMHO temporarily ) due to excessive deaths & technology advancements. btw I believe the current(increased) demand for silver(and slightly gold) is due to these very same technology improvements & the far longer life of AIDS patients in the western world..