nice theme for a new reality TV show on Fox or Sincliar ....
R
At 08:41 PM 10/20/2004, you wrote:
><http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20031124/humans_print.html>
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>1,000 Times Too Many Humans?
>Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News
>
>Nov. 25, 2003 - A study that compared humans with other species concluded
>there are 1,000 times too many humans to be sustainable.
>
>The study, published in the current Proceedings B (Biological Sciences) by
>the Royal Society, used a statistical device known as "confidence limits"
>to measure what the sustainable norm should be for species populations.
>Other factors, such as carbon dioxide production, energy use, biomass
>consumption, and geographical range were taken into consideration.
>
>"Our study found that when we compare ourselves to otherwise similar
>species, usually other mammals of our same body size, for example, we are
>abnormal and the situation is unsustainable," said Charles Fowler,
>co-author of the paper and a lead researcher at the National Marine Mammal
>Laboratory, a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.