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[pct-l] re: The Rat Cage
>"What is wrong is a population of 240 million people and only one
PCT, Grand Canyon, or Yellowstone."
Not to make things worse than they seem but your estimate is low by
about 10%. According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census our nation's
population in 1997 is 267,954,767 and growing by about 1% per year.
The population of the World meanwhile is estimated at 5.9 billion and is
growing at a 1.6% pace or roughly 100 million people per year.
Mother Ship Earth is indeed filling up if not overflowing. Aside from
not procreating, what is one to do?
Bob Humphreys
SF, CA
Source: http://home.worldonline.nl/~mvb/world/pop97.html
>Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 10:31:03 -0400
>From: Walter Radney <wradney@icscorp.com>
>Subject: [pct-l] Rats
>
>There is nothing wrong with Logging along the PCT.
>There is nothing wrong with horses on the PCT.
>There is nothing wrong with lugged boots on the PCT.
>There is nothing wrong with many other activities on the PCT.
>
>What is wrong is a population of 240 million people and only one
>PCT, Grand Canyon, or Yellowstone.
>
>The competition and bickering for use of the PCT will only increase
>as our population increases.
>
>A reasonable number of rats (people) in a cage (country or planet ) can
>coexist fine,
>but as more are added at some point the rats start attacking each other.
>It's not
>a function of how much food is available but a function of how much space is
>available.
>
> Cynical Walt
>Jeffrey McKay
>NMAA.ORG
>
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