What Liberals Say » Paul Ehrlich

Population control

Paul Ehrlich — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:49:20 +0000

“We need compulsory birth regulation.. (through) the addition of temporary sterilants to water supplies or staple food. Doses of the antidote would be carefully rationed by the government to produce the desired family size.”

Millions will starve in the 1970′s

Paul Ehrlich — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:52:37 +0000

â€œIn the 1970s, the world will undergo famines â€“ hundreds of millions of people are going to starve to death.â€

There are too many rich people.

Paul Ehrlich — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:51:48 +0000

“Actually, the problem in the world is that there is much too many rich people.”

We must limit the population.

Paul Ehrlich — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:50:10 +0000

“We must have population control at home, hopefully through a system of incentives and penalties, but by compulsion if voluntary methods fail.”

Global warming and famine will reduce the U.S. population by over 90 percent.

Paul Ehrlich — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:48:08 +0000

“The Population of the U.S. will shrink from 250 million to about 22.5 million before 1999 because of famine and global warming.”

Global cooling will cause massive damage across the globe.

Paul Ehrlich — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:46:53 +0000

“[Falling temperatures will cause the ice caps to sink into the ocean, producing] a global tidal wave that could wipe out a substantial portion of mankind, and the sea level could rise 60 to 100 feet.”

England can’t survive.

Paul Ehrlich — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:45:35 +0000

“I would take even money that England will not exist in the year 2000.”

Massive world famine will occur in the 1970s.

Paul Ehrlich — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:44:21 +0000

“The battle to feed humanity is over. In the 1970s the world will undergo famines. . . [H]undreds of millions of people (including Americans) are going to starve to death.”

Cheap, abundant energy is dangerous.

Paul Ehrlich — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 21:18:21 +0000

“Giving society cheap, abundant energy . . . would be the equivalent of giving an idiot child a machine gun.”

Economic growth is a disease.

Paul Ehrlich — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 21:13:56 +0000

“We’ve already had too much economic growth in the United States. Economic growth in rich countries like ours is the disease, not the cure.”