Michael Ragland  wrote or quoted:

> [...] we will indeed be not only negatively effecting the ecosystem of 
> marsupials and other plants and animals but ourselves. 
> 
> In fact, I think we've already arrived there Mr. Tyler. There are over 6
> billion people on earth and overpopulation is a serious threat. Now
> perhaps you think such concerns aren't warranted as eventually massive
> natural selection will kick in and wipe out a signifigant percentage of
> the human race. But if that happens it seems our "technological
prowess"
> will have somewhat backfired on us and the consequences are
> unpredictable.

I don't forsee much in the way of population crashes.

I found an interesting graph relating to human population
growth through 2150 recently:

n_Growth.htm
They say:

``In 2000, the world had 6.1 billion human inhabitants. This number 
  could rise to more than 9 billion in the next 50 years. For the last 
  50 years, world population multiplied more rapidly than ever before, 
  and more rapidly than it will ever grow in the future.''

Their projections seem fairly realistic to me - though perhaps 
they are on the pessimistic side - surely the world population
will reach 11 billion *well* before 2150.
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