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Re:Humanity has wiped out 60% of animals since 1970, major r... by trentnix on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @08:02AM (#18335693)
Actually, I'm wrong about one thing: Ehrlich didn't warn us that catastrophe was inevitable if we didn't do something. He said catastrophe was inevitable period:

  The battle to feed all of humanity is over. In the 1970s hundreds of millions of people will starve to death in spite of any crash programs embarked upon now. At this late date nothing can prevent a substantial increase in the world death rate...
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Re:Humanity has wiped out 60% of animals since 1970, major r... by Izkata on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @02:04PM (#18339597)
> At this late date nothing can prevent a substantial increase in the world death rate...

Well, technically that's not wrong. Bigger population = more deaths.

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