Malthusians on the March

[Russell Grinker]

>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
>

Sure.

But surely you are not implying that too much consumption by some
(mal-distribution?) and too much waste production are the fundamental
problems with the system?

Russell