Paul R. Ehrlich
Paul R. Ehrlich
Paul Ralph Ehrlichis an American biologist, best known for his warnings about the consequences of population growth and limited resources. He is the Bing Professor of Population Studies in the department of Biological Sciences at Stanford University and president of Stanford's Center for Conservation Biology...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth29 May 1932
CountryUnited States of America
people humanity care
We ought to take good care of everybody we have on the planet, but we ought to regulate the rate at which people join us. The old saying is, "It's the top of the ninth inning, and humanity has been hitting nature hard, but you've always got to remember that nature bats last."
people world problem
Actually, the problem in the world is that there are too many rich people.
religious war population-problem
Solving the population problem is not going to solve the problems of racism... of sexism... of religious intolerance... of war... of gross economic inequality But if you don't solve the population problem, you're not going to solve any of those problems. Whatever problem you're interested in, you're not going to solve it unless you also solve the population problem. Whatever your cause, it's a lost cause without population control.
animal years sea
In ten years [i.e., 1980] all important animal life in the sea will be extinct. Large areas of coastline will have to be evacuated because of the stench of dead fish.
running people choices
With taxes, if they aren't working right, we can change them with a stroke of the pen. It's basically a market-type mechanism. People make their own choices. You run the taxes, and you get the results.
people levels earth
By 1985 enough millions will have died to reduce the earth's population to some acceptable level, like 1.5 billion people.
water car people
Too many cars, too many factories, too much detergent, too much pesticides, multiplying contrails, inadequate sewage treatment plants, too little water, too much carbon dioxide - all can be traced easily to too many people.
inspirational funny witty
To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer.