Posts Tagged ‘ overpopulation ’

Overpopulation in the USA and the Fate of the Yeast People

Nov 17th, 2009 | By | Category: Economics, Featured
Every time I do a Q and A after a college lecture, somebody says (with a fanfare of indignation) — so as to reveal their own brilliance in contrast to my foolishness — “You haven’t said anything about overpopulation!” Right. I usually don’t bother. Their complaint, of course, implies that we ...read more

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The Coming Resource War

Aug 3rd, 2007 | By | Category: Commodities, Energy
The other morning, I was making coffee at the crack of dawn, as I do each day. As I stood there watching the coffee percolate, I began to think about how difficult it would be to survive in a world where we were fighting for resources everyday. We take so ...read more

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