>Regarding eco-optomism: Since the global population is dependent on
>high agricultural productivity to sustain itself at 6 billion, and
>since this productivity is based on the use of pesticides which are
>petroleum-based, what happens to global population when the oil runs
>out? I don't see this problem being addressed anywhere.
An Essay on Principle of Population (Penguin English Library) by Thomas Robert Malthus, Antony G. Flew (Editor)
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Paperback (May 1985) Penguin USA (Paper); ISBN: 014043206X ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.73 x 7.69 x 5.00