Quotes."For the first time in human history, global civilization is threatened with collapse." --Stanford population studies professor Paul Ehrlich, in a speech to the Ecological Society of America The Ecological Society of America (ESA) is a professional society for ecologists located in the United States. It has about 9,000 members. The society was formed at a meeting at Columbus Ohio, on December 28,1915, with the aims to: "The battle to feed all of humanity is over. In the 1970s and 1980s hundreds of millions of people will starve starve v. 1. To suffer or die from extreme or prolonged lack of food. 2. To deprive of food so as to cause suffering or death. to death in spite of in opposition to all efforts of; in defiance or contempt of; notwithstanding. See also: Spite any crash programs embarked upon now." --Ehrlich in his 1968 bestseller The Population Bomb |
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