Maybe you've heard the claim that there are too many humans on this planet. BBC nature film maker, Sir David Attenborough, says that humans are "a plague on the earth." He and others want to control (read: reduce or stop) population growth by limiting new babies.
It's kind of hard to believe that anyone still thinks this way. Back in the 1970's The Population Bomb said that massive famines would take millions of lives, but that didn't happen. Forty years later, the world's population has nearly doubled while poverty and hunger are much reduced.
The fear of exploding population is thoroughly debunked. None other than Elon Musk says the real problem facing planet earth is just the opposite. Tomorrow, his comments.
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