>WHEREAS: The population of the U.S. is six percent of the world's
>population, consuming up to 25 percent of the world's natural
>resources.
This is what I can't understand about the Malthusians' argument. Why is the problem the population and not the resource consumption (and waste production)? Is it that they want to be able to maintain *their* high level of consumption, so eliminating almost everyone else might make the arrangement more sustainable?
Doug