Journal Article
Population and Panaceas A Technological Perspective
Paul R. Ehrlich and John P. Holdren
BioScience
Vol. 19, No. 12 (Dec., 1969), pp. 1065-1071
Published
by: Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Institute of Biological Sciences
DOI: 10.2307/1294858
https://www.jstor.org/stable/1294858
Page Count: 7
Abstract
The proposition that technology can solve the problems posed by the sheer size of present and projected world populations is examined in detail. The probable potential for short- and long-term gains in agricultural technology, ocean fisheries, desalination of seawater, nuclear power production, and related areas is evaluated in the framework of known and predicted requirements. It is concluded that in the absence of effective population control measures any imaginable technological effort will fall short.
BioScience
© 1969 American Institute of Biological Sciences