By 1985 enough millions will have died to reduce the earth's population to some acceptable level, like 1.5 billion people.

So, regarding the time frame, I'm only too willing to admit that my crystal ball, like everybody else's, is cracked. If I could predict precisely, I would have started predicting the stock market and would now be living with a bunch of young women on Bora Bora, having bought it.

Organisms are starting to move in response to climate change all over the place. Bees are disappearing and we don't have many of the native pollinators left to replace them. We're in deep trouble; there's no question about it. But ecologists tend to think of something that's going to be bad in ten years as very fast, and of course, politicians only think of things in a two-, four-, six-year cycle.

The National Academy of Sciences would be unable to give a unanimous decision if asked whether the sun would rise tomorrow.

By 1985 enough millions will have died to reduce the earth's population to some acceptable level, like 1.5 billion people.

To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer.

Anyone who opposes methods to control the birth rate, is automatically voting in favour having the death rate go up.