Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!security!genrad!grkermit!masscomp!clyde!floyd!whuxle!pyuxll!abnjh!u1100a!pyuxn!pyuxww!mhuxm!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!renner From: renner@uiucdcs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Starvation-More Rambling - (nf) Message-ID: <5183@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 27-Jan-84 22:27:37 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.5183 Posted: Fri Jan 27 22:27:37 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 31-Jan-84 02:42:54 EST Lines: 22 #R:pyuxa:-52100:uiucdcs:29200063:000:1013 uiucdcs!renner Jan 27 10:02:00 1984 While my solution to hunger is indeed education for the underdeveloped countries, I am no liberal in the modern sense of the word. If you must have a label, try "libertarian" or "rational anarchist." Also, rabbit!jj and I seem to be in agreement on this point, and NOBODY has ever accused him of being a liberal. The notion of using space exploration/colonization to relieve population pressure on Earth simply won't work. Just look at the numbers involved for a minute. Assume 1% growth of a 4 billion population (an underestimate) -- you have to launch 100,000 per *day* just to keep even. Why do I believe that education is the answer? The only factor limiting population growth (other than starvation) is wealth, which comes from technology, which comes from education. Take a look at the wealthy countries in the world and check their birth rates. The US has a negative growth rate; increases in our population now come from immigration, not new births. Scott Renner {ihnp4,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!renner