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Re: 60 MILLION Californians by 2040 (can anyone stop this madness?)

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From: The Real Bev
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 02:38
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Scott en Aztl�n wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 23:11:54 -0700, John David Galt
> <jdg@diogenes.sacramento.ca.us> wrote:
> 
>>Enough mindless eco-nut hysteria already.
>>
>>Population growth is good.  The works of Julian Simon prove it.
> 
> And the works of Niven and Pournelle describe what it will be like.
> 
> The only way to cram 60 million people into the areas of CA where
> people actually want to live (i.e. near the coast where the climate is
> good) is to build ultra-high-density housing and tow icebergs from the
> North Atlantic into Long Beach Harbor so we can melt them down for
> drinking water.
> 
> Maybe "Oath of Fealty" paints a more accurate picture of our future
> than anyone yet realizes?

I love the diving-board idea, but the net seemed superfluous.

-- 
Cheers,
Bev
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