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TableofContents
THERETURNFROMSPACE...................................................................................................... 5
THEGOODLIFE....................................................................................................................... 9
THENOTSOGOODLIFEFORTOOMANYCHILDREN.............................................................. 10
OLDERNATURALMETHODSOFPOPULATIONCONTROL....................................................... 11
FROMTHEPASTANDINTOTHEFUTURE............................................................................... 12
THEOVERPOPULATIONPROBLEMHASNOPOSITIVESOLUTIONS......................................... 12
AMOREIN-DEPTHLOOKATTHEPROBLEMS........................................................................ 17
ABOUTSPACE....................................................................................................................... 21
MAKINGABETTERLIFE......................................................................................................... 22
UNHAPPINESS................................................................................................................................27
POVERTYANDFAMINE ..................................................................................................................28
DEATHANDDISEASE ............................................................................................................ 32
NATURALDISASTERS............................................................................................................ 32
WARS,MASSACRESANDFAMINES....................................................................................... 33
UNEMPLOYMENT,IMMIGRATION,MENTALILLNESSANDCRIMINALITY.............................. 35
BUILDINGABETTERWORLD................................................................................................. 36
REACTIONARYANDLIBERAL................................................................................................. 44
POPULATION CONTROL AND REDUCTION
............................................................... 49
LICENSINGPARENTS............................................................................................................. 62
CONFRONTINGSKEPTICSONGLOBALWARMING................................................................. 77
COMMONARGUMENTSOFCLIMATESKEPTICS..............................................................................78
HEMISPHERICDIFFERENCES...........................................................................................................79
WEATHERSTATIONS......................................................................................................................80
GREENHOUISECAUSESANDEFFECTS.............................................................................................81
GREENHOUSEGASES......................................................................................................................84
METHANE......................................................................................................................................85
CURRENTWARMING......................................................................................................................85
PROBLEMSONLAND .....................................................................................................................90
POLARICECAPS.............................................................................................................................91
THEOCEANS ..................................................................................................................................92
CHANGINGWEATHERPATTERNS ...................................................................................................93
CONFUSINGTHEISSUES.................................................................................................................95
DISEASESANDNATURALDISASTERS..............................................................................................96
TREACHERYAMONGTHESKEPTICS................................................................................................97
EDUCATIONISESSENTIALTOMAKINGPEOPLESCIENTIFICALLYAWARE.........................................98
CONFRONTINGSKEPTICSONOVERPOPULATION.................................................................. 98
CHALLENGINGTHEMYTHOFOVERPOPULATION ......................................................................... 104
WHATISAMAXIMUMPOPULATIONFORTHEWORLD?............................................................... 114
WHEREISTHEMONEYFORREDUCINGOVERPOPULATION?......................................................... 114
THECARBONFOOTPRINTOFEVERYNEWBABY........................................................................... 115
BUSINESSINTERESTSANDTHEPROPAGANDAOFSKEPTICISM..................................................... 115