Reduce Human Beings by 90 Percent to Solve Environmental Woes, Says Scientist
Monday April 17, 2006
A professor at the University of Texas at Austin believes planet Earth would be better off if Mother Nature simply killed off 90 percent of the human population—and he predicts that is exactly what will happen in the not-too-distant future.
According to Professor Eric Pianka, a specialist in herpetology and evolutionary ecology who was named the 2006 Distinguished Texas Scientist by the Texas Academy of Science, human beings have strained Earth’s natural resources to the breaking point, leaving the planet “parched.”
Pianka believes the solution to this crisis is to eliminate the cause, by decreasing the number of human beings living on Earth from 6.5 billion to around 700 million—a 90 percent reduction.
Pianka is convinced that Nature eventually will exterminate the majority of humans through widespread disease or other effects of global warming—and he seems delighted at the prospect.
“This is really an exciting time,” he told the audience at a recent presentation of his “doomsday talk,” which is designed to raise awareness about the dangers of overpopulation and excess demands on the environment. “Every one of you who gets to survive has to bury nine.”
Not everyone is quite so gleeful as Pianka at the prospect of widespread death and destruction. Some critics have called Pianka a “loose cannon” and have slammed him for advocating what they consider “worldwide genocide.” According to a Wikipedia article about Pianka, a report to the Department of Homeland Security that he was “fomenting bioterrorism” led to an interview with the FBI.
What do you think? Are Pianka’s ideas sound, silly or dangerous? Join the forum discussion and share your thoughts with other readers.
More information:
Doomsday: UT prof says death is imminent – Seguin Gazette-Enterprise
Earth needs a 90% decrease in human population, Texas professor says –Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
According to Professor Eric Pianka, a specialist in herpetology and evolutionary ecology who was named the 2006 Distinguished Texas Scientist by the Texas Academy of Science, human beings have strained Earth’s natural resources to the breaking point, leaving the planet “parched.”
Pianka believes the solution to this crisis is to eliminate the cause, by decreasing the number of human beings living on Earth from 6.5 billion to around 700 million—a 90 percent reduction.
Pianka is convinced that Nature eventually will exterminate the majority of humans through widespread disease or other effects of global warming—and he seems delighted at the prospect.
“This is really an exciting time,” he told the audience at a recent presentation of his “doomsday talk,” which is designed to raise awareness about the dangers of overpopulation and excess demands on the environment. “Every one of you who gets to survive has to bury nine.”
Not everyone is quite so gleeful as Pianka at the prospect of widespread death and destruction. Some critics have called Pianka a “loose cannon” and have slammed him for advocating what they consider “worldwide genocide.” According to a Wikipedia article about Pianka, a report to the Department of Homeland Security that he was “fomenting bioterrorism” led to an interview with the FBI.
What do you think? Are Pianka’s ideas sound, silly or dangerous? Join the forum discussion and share your thoughts with other readers.
More information:
Doomsday: UT prof says death is imminent – Seguin Gazette-Enterprise
Earth needs a 90% decrease in human population, Texas professor says –Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
Comments
To humans to decide that we should eliminate 90% of the world’s population, is playing God. We don’t have the right to annihilate the lives of people…we should educate them even better than before
The gist of Pianka’s revelations is a reality we humans always refuse to acknowledge, probably in the belief that if we bury our heads in the sand long enough, the problem will just go away. Nature has a way of having its way, and the way things are now, Piankas “doomsdaytalk” may just come to pass sooner rather than later.
Debra, this has nothing to do with god, but with the sustainabilty of the planet. We humans use too much of the resources and are killing ourselves.
I agree with derek. I believe that sometimes we humans are being too religious!!! We must think of what lies ahead for the future generation. And 1 thing that Mr. Pianka is one of the best way of solving the probvlem! My question is, whom of the 100% of the human population will be killed and whom will be left? I think it would create a war between countries.
I dunno, after 40 days of rain out of 43 here in northern California, when someone mentions “parched” I have to say, huh?”
I don’t think the focus of the study is to say we should reduce population by 90 percent, but that the forces of nature, (God, Mother Nature, etc.) just might take that route in the future if we don’t start thinking of our likely fate. Endless war is, of course, one of those things that could factor into a decline in world population. We could go out not with a bang but a whimper.
james
Leave it to a scientist to say that we need to decrease the population by 90%. Again, how long will we as human beings try and play God by determining how things should be. “Parched,” what does he mean parched….oh, he doesn’t say. If you wanted, you could take all of the people on the planet and put them each on a 3′x3′ square and not even fill up the state of Texas. The earth is not even begun to be filled. This gives us no right to abuse the earth. There needs to be better ways of managing it without resorting to murder. Are not people part of the earth? The programs that scientists introduce are to give them their 15 minutes of fame and glory and line their pockets or “Foundations” pockets (where they draw their pay) so they can continue to hypothesize or “guess” how things really work. If the sun was less than an 1″ closer to the earth we would fry and if it were less than an 1″ further away we would freeze. Why do we ignore the Designer? What these scientists continue to do is to ignore the fact that there is a Creator and He knows exactly what is going on with all of the entire earth. Why? Because it is His and everything in it. Why don’t we as people turn to Him and repent of our sin so our lands can be healed. In 2 Chronicles 7:13-14 the Bible says “When I (God speaking)shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” But no we have a scientist that wants to murder 90% of the earth’s population so we can alleviate the “parched” condition of the earth. What about the “parched” condition of our souls?
Dr. Pianka did not say we should “murder” 90% of Earth’s population. He warned that the reduction is very likely to happen if we crowd the earth to such a degree that our population is unsupportable. He said that an ebola-like virus is a likely culprit, but the fact is that other diseases, war, famine, would all be factors that would come into play.
To say that the earth would be better off if this happens is not to advocate deliberately causing it. It simply is stating the stark truth that the earth will not support us if we become a plague upon its surface. From the point of view of maintaining a healthy, life-sustaining ecology on the planet, that is (unfortunately for us) undeniable and inevitable.
It’s unlikely that we are smart enough as a species to begin to control our own consumption and reproduction in time to prevent Pianka’s predictions from coming true. He’s not a monster…he’s making an educated prediction.
Peoples outlooks on how the world should cure itself are totally pointless theories. i know that sounds bold but there is really only one possible solution to cure the ailments of the earth, and thats to start fresh. For many years people have been afraid and saying nothing will happen in our time. Well open your eyes people, the time has come, its the only option. And its not people trying to play God. Its God playing God. And i believe it is mentioned in the Bible. ” Seven years of tribulation” well just think of it, since 2005, New diseases have been created, such as the bird flu, wes-nile, hurricans, flooding, ozone depletion, greenhouse gases reaching a all time high. its only a matter of when. The world needs a new breath of fresh air.
It’s all about birth control. Keep it in your pants, people. 1 baby per couple for the next 100 years will reduce the population to the same level as in 1900. No “murder”, no “pestilence” needed. Just have one, single, happy, healthy baby. Is that so difficult ?????
We are all in trouble when the fossil fuels run out for heaven’s sake! Businesses will cease to operate, cars will be left at the sides of roads and we’ll we’ll all lose our jobs. Supermarkets will be empty. There will be food riots. Police will be unable to function. This leaving lights on, wasting energy just means that there will be nothing for future generations. It won’t just keep coming out of the ground! Global warming will be nothing as to the repercussions of the fuel running out.
There is no alternative. We won’t have the space to grow enough oil for bio-diesel. Stop the dreaming, we must reduce numbers now!
I agree with professor Eric Pianka. For centuries humans have believed that we are the most important on earth, but we are not, “The Earth is most important than us”. Without this planet we can not survive. Edisone is right, it’s about birth control, not killing people. Besides, children are not for everybody. Not all humans are prepared to be parents. How many children are abused or killed by their parents? People have been used God as an excuse to justified their behavior, but God really wants all this? He wants we destroy what he has created, (if he created) I don’t think so. All what exist in the universe is interconnected, so when something bad happens here on earth it affects the whole universe. Although it may sound crazy, we are the pollution, we create it, and this is the only way to stop it. Reducing human beings.
I apologize for my English, but it is not my native language.
It always amazes me how a “distinguished scientist” can get the basics so wrong. When a population grows to its maximum along the logistic curve, limited from further growth by the availabilty of resources (the carrying capacity), the species doesn’t undergo a massive die-off. It merely reaches a stable population number where birth rate and death rate equalize.
The problem facing Mankind is that a depleted fossil fuel supply will mean we can produce less food. The carrying capacity will become less, and that will lead to a die-off. The population will then stabilize at some lower level; birth and death rates being equal. Competition for resources may be quite intense. It will get very ugly.
This is nothing new. The Illuminati has had this in their plans for years-they’re are just getting very bold now. Check out the Georgia Guidestones. Their plans are listed on that monument and it’s been around a while.
Kind of hard for people to “control” our population when some countries (Germany for one) subsidize their residents if they have more children - their thought is the old thought of increasing your countries population to gain more power and influence in the world - same thought process as the Catholic Church - or any religion that prohibits effective Birth Control.
He may not be suggesting it, but when you couple his statements with Cheney’s statement that we need another Pearl Harbour or 9/11, and our history of messing with chemical warfare (tested on our own undesirables in the past) you sort of get what many political Elites would call a frightening win/win situation.