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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: The joy of Democracy
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2024 09:39:37 +0000
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On 27/10/2024 02:06, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> On 2024-10-26, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, 26 Oct 2024, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>>
>>> On 2024-10-26, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 26 Oct 2024, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 2024-10-25, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Irrelevant. The question was if the economy is zero sum or not. That is
>>>>>> pure nonsense and a child can realize it when looking at the population
>>>>>> increase from the time of jesus until now.
>>>>>
>>>>> I take it you're a climate change denier, then.
>>>>
>>>> Nope. I am climate rationalist. Are you a climate hysteric?
>>>
>>> No, I merely accept climate change as a done deal.  It's time
>>> to drop the illusion that it can be rolled back, and start
>>> finding ways to live with it.
>>
>> It's mostly natural anyway, so that's the only option we have. Thanks to
>> science and technology, it will actually be a net benefit due to global
>> greening, increased harvests and reclaimed deserts. I'm very positive
>> about the future! =)
> 
> I wish I could say I was.  But IMHO any gains will be more than
> consumed by our ever-increasing population.  Yes, I'm a Malthusian.
> 

Short of building huge towers of nuclear illuminated hyrdoponics we can 
realistically increase the land area under agriculture.
And there are distinct signs that human nature is beginning to 
subconsciously decrease human populatins.

-- 
"I am inclined to tell the truth and dislike people who lie consistently.
This makes me unfit for the company of people of a Left persuasion, and 
all women"