Man’s actions = fish extinction
“If we continue at the present rate, virtually all the species of fish in the ocean will be extinct in the next 50 years.”
- Al Gore
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Millions will starve in the 1970’s
“In the 1970s, the world will undergo famines – hundreds of millions of people are going to starve to death.”
- Paul Ehrlich , 1968.
We must limit the population.
“We must have population control at home, hopefully through a system of incentives and penalties, but by compulsion if voluntary methods fail.”
- Paul Ehrlich , 1968.
Cannibalism can solve the population “problem”.
“Cannibalism is a radical but realistic solution to the problem of overpopulation.”
- Prince Philip
Eradicate 98 percent of humankind.
“[M]y three main goals would be to reduce human population to about 100 million worldwide, destroy the industrial infrastructure and see wilderness with its full complement of species returning throughout the world.”
- David Foreman
Reduce the world’s population by 93%.
“Right now, there are just way too many people on the planet. We need to cut the world’s population from the current five billion to no more than 250 million to 350 million.”
- Ted Turner
Five percent of the present population would be ideal.
“A total world population of 250-300 million people, a 95 percent decline from present levels, would be ideal.”
- Ted Turner
I’d like a killer virus to reduce population levels.
“If I were reincarnated, I would wish to be returned to Earth as a killer virus to lower human population levels.”
- Prince Philip , 1986.
DDT exacerbates the world population problem.
“[My] chief quarrel with DDT in hindsight is that it has greatly added to the population problem.”
- Alexander King , 1990.
Cut the population by 90%.
“”We must speak far more clearly about sexuality, contraception, about abortion, about values that control the population, because the ecological crisis, in short, is the population crisis. Cut the population by 90%, and there aren’t enough people left to do a great deal of ecological damage.”
- Sam Keen , 1996.