Human population reduction is not a quick fix for environmental problems

[Amaranthus (Barry)]

Yep, it was great to turn a blog post into a PNAS paper - it's the 3rd or 4th time I've gone from blog-based whimsy to peer-reviewed rigour

It's amazing how the media has picked up on the paper and cherry picked it to suit their own agenda - whether it be 'power down and depopulate' or 'techno-fix and charge ahead'. Kind of amusing. And everyone, I mean everyone, totally ignored our analysis on biodiversity hotspot impacts

[cfranks (Charles)]

Originally Posted by PeterEde

Natural attrition. But since we are always finding ways to save people and extend lives the population is older than it should be which means higher unnatural population

This is why, IMO of course, that the Darwinian Theory of Natural Selection no longer applies to the Human Race.

[PeterEde (Peter)]

Obviously I agree. Not much natural attrition happening these days. Or not enough.