Show Doom Pl Purveyors Debunked ked Since awareness oC of our surroundings became widespread in the people have looked hope hopelessly forward to toan to an overpopulated polluted and starving world While their concern is to be applauded applauded applauded ap ap- the threat to the earth is Berated The DDT furor is a good example It was thought that banning this purify the earth DDT however was effective against insects that spread malaria and and destroyed crops Now with DDT spraying prohibited people no longer have to fear chemical poisoning just disease and starvation A At united Nations food report recently stated that this is happening in iq backward parts of th the globe More people and less food is another concern Food scarcity too too is Millions of oC acres lie unused in Brazil Ethiopia and elsewhere The US has to worry about surpluses not short short- ages Research has developed new strains of wheat that greatly increase yields A century ago it took 50 hours hours' of work to produce one acre of corn Today mechanized mechanized me me- farming can do it in two hours Pollution and population fears are likewise likewise likewise like like- wise overstated There has been no change In the atmospheres atmosphere's oxygen content content content con con- tent for Cor a half Some noxious gases such as sulphur dioxide have actually declined Charging that the United States will be overpopulated by the year 2000 is a little silly If the present rate continues to decline we will be by the year Today's doom doomsayers sayers are arc rather like those who doubted Columbus pessimists whose only joy is spreading their anxiety |