This thread started from hearing Dr. Paul Ehrlich on the Diane Rhem show (PBS) last week
Audio here : WAMU 88.5 FM American University Radio - The Diane Rehm Show for Thursday July 24, 2008
Comments like "... not worried about depopulation problems, because “population can always be increased by unskilled laborers who love their work.” sort of jump right out of the radio.
So I dug in and started finding references
Found several, and will read them soon
But one of the most interesting was on aging populations: The Population Implosion
And this Dangerous Demographics
"Over the next few decades, the developed world will age and weaken. Meanwhile, demographic trends in the developing world-from resurgent youth booms in the Islamic Belt to premature aging in China ..."
You Tube video looks like it's hour and a half long
I'll have to try it later
Accompanying slide show is most interesting
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