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Biologists say half of all species could be extinct by end of century
Guardian UK ^ | 2-25-2017 | Robin McKie

Posted on 02/26/2017 7:23:16 AM PST by brucedickinson

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To: brucedickinson

I’ll take, “Absurd enviro-Nazi predictions that never come true” for $1,000, Alex.


41 posted on 02/26/2017 8:05:57 AM PST by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (The GOP will see the light, because Trump will make them feel the heat.it is hugh and series)
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To: brucedickinson

Could be.

Or not.


42 posted on 02/26/2017 8:08:12 AM PST by Vlad The Inhaler ("Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory." --Miguel de Cervantes)
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To: brucedickinson
The question is: how do we stop it?

No, the real question is, how do we stop the fake alarmism about it? And the answer is to stone people like Paul Ehrlich, who have been predicting environmental gotterdamerung for decades now.

43 posted on 02/26/2017 8:14:25 AM PST by IronJack
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To: brucedickinson
"Biologists say half of all species could be extinct by end of century"

Or maybe even more.

Could happen...

44 posted on 02/26/2017 8:18:50 AM PST by skimbell
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To: brucedickinson

I admit I didn’t read it past the title: “Biologists say half of all species could be extinct by end of century”

ONLY IF THAT IS GOD’S WILL. These idiots just don’t believe in God and mistakenly believe that MAN has all kinds of power that WE don’t!


45 posted on 02/26/2017 8:19:43 AM PST by RebelTXRose (Our Lady of Fatima, Pray for us! PRAY THE ROSARY!)
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To: brucedickinson
Remember this guys academic expertise is in butterflies.
Specifically butterfly population dynamics, how butterfly numbers wax & wan due to predators, disease & environment.
46 posted on 02/26/2017 8:21:34 AM PST by Reily
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To: Tax-chick
Jerry Brown said it was never going to rain in California ever again

And he spent a lot of his time in the 1970s parroting Ehrlich about overpopulation.

Which is of course why he now rabidly insists on tens of millions of Mexicans being allowed to enter and overpopulate California.

Bi-Polar Jerry, the Mad Geezer.

47 posted on 02/26/2017 8:37:01 AM PST by Regulator
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Yup! That's him! And he's still alive after Julian Simon made him look like a fool but then died in 1998.

If Simon were still alive Ehrlich wouldn't dare open his mouth.

48 posted on 02/26/2017 8:39:44 AM PST by Regulator
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I think only “Western” people can be responsible for overpopulation, resource depletion, and the ensuing environmental apocalypse.

I’m not sure why Mexicans (and other Latin Americans) aren’t “Western.” They certainly aren’t African or Chinese. I’m listening to some lectures about South American archaeology, and the lecturer occasional uses “Western” as a category that excludes natives of the Pacific coast of South America.


49 posted on 02/26/2017 8:43:38 AM PST by Tax-chick ("I prefer to think of myself as ... civilized." ~Jonathan Q. Higgins)
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To: brucedickinson

Those species best get cracking and start evolving. Survival of the fittest don’t ya know...


50 posted on 02/26/2017 8:43:40 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: Regulator

What Ehrlich never has figured out is that PEOPLE are a Natural Resource!


51 posted on 02/26/2017 8:46:12 AM PST by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: brucedickinson

More Malthusian stupidy

Coming from a “Stanford Professor” no less.

Hmmmm


52 posted on 02/26/2017 8:57:19 AM PST by PGR88
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To: brucedickinson

Find a tattered old copy of Erlich’s earlier book, titled “The Population Bomb.” (late 1960s)

In it he claimed a deadly ice age was coming, and the need to curtail population growth was urgent, as people were about to starve.

He proved later to be entirely wrong. What is different?


53 posted on 02/26/2017 8:59:30 AM PST by truth_seeker
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The question is: how do we stop it?

Raise taxes. Eliminate federalism. Open borders. Stifle capitalism. De-industrialize the nation. Brainwash children and young adults. Promote fake news. Deny deniers. Regulate energy production. Tax energy consumption. And vote democrat.

54 posted on 02/26/2017 9:01:15 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Tax-chick
I think only “Western” people can be responsible for overpopulation, resource depletion, and the ensuing environmental apocalypse

Yes. In the end, Ehrlich is just another Marxist hiding behind pseudo-scientific rationalizations for his anti-industrial views.

55 posted on 02/26/2017 9:05:28 AM PST by Regulator
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To: brucedickinson

So what. We only read need cattle, chickens, sheep, horses, oxen, dogs, and cats. Maybe a couple fish.


56 posted on 02/26/2017 9:19:30 AM PST by fruser1
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57 posted on 02/26/2017 9:31:33 AM PST by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: brucedickinson

Aren’t 99 percent of species already gone?


58 posted on 02/26/2017 9:34:59 AM PST by Larry Lucido
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I miss the polar bears. We will still have the bi-polar bears, though.


59 posted on 02/26/2017 9:37:24 AM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: brucedickinson

There won’t be any species left then. I remember the ‘60s were they told us 1/2 of all species would be extinct by the turn of the century.


60 posted on 02/26/2017 9:39:03 AM PST by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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