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Malthus may not have been correct. And the Ehrlich dire "Population Bomb" predictions turned out as wrong as Harold Camping's predictions.

The Population Bomb

The original edition of The Population Bomb began with this statement: The battle to feed all of humanity is over. In the 1970s hundreds of millions of people will starve to death in spite of any crash programs embarked upon now. At this late date nothing can prevent a substantial increase in the world death rate ...[14] Ehrlich argued that the human population was too high already, and that while the level of disaster could be mitigated, humanity could not prevent severe famines, the spread of disease, social unrest, and other negative consequences of overpopulation. However, he argued that societies must take strong action to curb population growth in order to mitigate future disasters both ecological and social.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_R._Ehrlich

His gloom and doom didn't happen.

Actually, the real data is showing that the population explosion is likely close to crescendo... the rate is slowing, and has been for awhile, will likely peak at 9 or 10 billion people and then decline, if one looks at the census data of the world. But doomsday scenarios of disease, famine, pollution-caused infertility, and war make for much more fun-filled hypothetical discussions. The world is already close to a birth rate of 1 per person, it just takes a while for the old people to die off.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:World_population_growth_rate_1950%E2%80%932050.svg