>Basically, the population debate is polarized into two camps, which may >be broadly categorized as the followers of Thomas Malthus (zero >population growth crowd) and the followers of Adam Smith (no limits to >growth crowd). I read somewhere that approximately 17% of all the people that EVER lived are alive today. Seems like that ought to qualify as a factor somewhere in there. I learned tonight that a car's engine emits more harmful combustion products in the first mile than in the next 350. If that's correct, it looks like we'd be doing the atmosphere a favor by leaving our engines running all day while we tune. Ron N
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