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Re: John Hagelin: Old vs New Approach in Agriculture
Brian K Petroski wrote:
>
> On Mon, 21 Oct 1996, B. McClinton wrote:
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> [big snip]
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> > With a growing world population, we need to be able to use all the management tools
> > available including cultural, biological and chemical technologies to be
> > sustainable.
> >
> > Blair McClinton
> > b.mcclinton@sk.sympatico.ca
> >
> Brian Petroski wrote:
> So maybe the real problem is the growing population! Regardless of
> what practices we employ to produce food the planet can not support an
> unlimited number of a single species. If we don't do something to stem
> out population growth anything else we try is simply postponing the
> inevitable.
> I agree that population growth is a serious problem. There is an
inverse relationship between population growth and standard of living. In
other words, the birthrate increases as poverty increases. Since the
highest birthrates are in the third world, we need to improve their
econmic situation before the population will be stabilized.
Blair McClinton
b.mcclinton@sk.sympatico.ca
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