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Solving The Population Problem Is Not Going To Solve The Problems Of Racism, Of Sexism, Of Religious Intolerance, Of War, Of Gross Economic Inequality. But If You Don't Solve The Population Problem, You're Not Going To Solve Any Of Those Problems. Whatever Problem You're Interested In, You're Not Going To Solve It Unless You Also Solve The Population Problem. Whatever Your Cause, It's A Lost Cause Without Population Control.

In Pushing Other Species To Extinction, Humanity Is Busy Sawing Off The Limb On Which It Perches.

After The Bomb We Developed A Fairly Good System For Moving Food Around And Have Avoided The Kind Of Massive Famines That Attract The Media. Although Of Course We've Had A Fair Number Of Them, Particularly In Africa, Since The Bomb Was Written. But We Have Had A Steady Level Of Attrition Of Malnutrition And Malnutrition-related Disease. Probably Something On The Order Of 5 To 10 Million People Starve To Death Each Year, But They're Spread Out; They're Not Dramatic News Events.

Anyone Who Opposes Methods To Control The Birth Rate, Is Automatically Voting In Favour Having The Death Rate Go Up.

Most Of The Scientists I Know Think Civilization Is Teetering On The Brink Of A Global Disaster. They Just Don't Know When It's Going To Hit. I Don't Have The Answer To That Either. I'm Scared As Hell.