Comments on: World Population Day Special: The Power Of Crowds http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/green-living/world-population-day-special-power-crowds/13193 for environmentalists who don't take themselves too seriously Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:31:59 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Mr Environmental News http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/green-living/world-population-day-special-power-crowds/13193/comment-page-1#comment-253830 Mr Environmental News Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:06:16 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/?p=13193#comment-253830 Over population is one of those subjects that isn't going to go away. If it is not put to the general population though it will never be seriously debated by any policy makers because it is so obviously a dangerous subject to approach when looking for votes. Over population is one of those subjects that isn’t going to go away. If it is not put to the general population though it will never be seriously debated by any policy makers because it is so obviously a dangerous subject to approach when looking for votes.

]]> By: Allen K. http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/green-living/world-population-day-special-power-crowds/13193/comment-page-1#comment-248800 Allen K. Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:37:20 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/?p=13193#comment-248800 No Spencer Tunick? No Spencer Tunick?

]]> By: Pete Murphy http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/green-living/world-population-day-special-power-crowds/13193/comment-page-1#comment-246471 Pete Murphy Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:56:12 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/?p=13193#comment-246471 The biggest obstacle we face in changing attitudes toward overpopulation is economists. Since the field of economics was branded "the dismal science" after Malthus' theory, economists have been adamant that they would never again consider the subject of overpopulation and continue to insist that man is ingenious enough to overcome any obstacle to further growth. This is why world leaders continue to ignore population growth in the face of mounting challenges like peak oil, global warming and a whole host of other environmental and resource issues. They believe we'll always find technological solutions that allow more growth. But because they are blind to population growth, there's one obstacle they haven't considered: the finiteness of space available on earth. The very act of using space more efficiently creates a problem for which there is no solution: it inevitably begins to drive down per capita consumption and, consequently, per capita employment, leading to rising unemployment and poverty. If you‘re interested in learning more about this important new economic theory, then I invite you to visit either of my web sites at OpenWindowPublishingCo.com or PeteMurphy.wordpress.com where you can read the preface, join in the blog discussion and, of course, buy the book if you like. Please forgive the somewhat spammish nature of the previous paragraph, but I don't know how else to inject this new theory into the debate about overpopulation without drawing attention to the book that explains the theory. Pete Murphy Author, "Five Short Blasts" The biggest obstacle we face in changing attitudes toward overpopulation is economists. Since the field of economics was branded “the dismal science” after Malthus’ theory, economists have been adamant that they would never again consider the subject of overpopulation and continue to insist that man is ingenious enough to overcome any obstacle to further growth. This is why world leaders continue to ignore population growth in the face of mounting challenges like peak oil, global warming and a whole host of other environmental and resource issues. They believe we’ll always find technological solutions that allow more growth.

But because they are blind to population growth, there’s one obstacle they haven’t considered: the finiteness of space available on earth. The very act of using space more efficiently creates a problem for which there is no solution: it inevitably begins to drive down per capita consumption and, consequently, per capita employment, leading to rising unemployment and poverty.

If you‘re interested in learning more about this important new economic theory, then I invite you to visit either of my web sites at OpenWindowPublishingCo.com or PeteMurphy.wordpress.com where you can read the preface, join in the blog discussion and, of course, buy the book if you like.

Please forgive the somewhat spammish nature of the previous paragraph, but I don’t know how else to inject this new theory into the debate about overpopulation without drawing attention to the book that explains the theory.

Pete Murphy
Author, “Five Short Blasts”

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