Overpopulation Quotes
A curated collection of the best quotes about Overpopulation.
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“Around 1990, we became the most numerous mammalian species on the planet, outnumbering even rats.”
“History upon Terra tells us what horrors follow upon religious mandates of unlimited reproduction.”
“[There's] too many people making too much muck and too much noise with too little space to do it in.”
“Increasing the standard of living of a growing population makes today’s ecological pressures look adorable.”
“Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio, Subsistence, increases only in an arithmetical ratio.”
“Overpopulation is described as a societal problem, with the individual and collective behavior of people as a causal agent.”
“[Eight] billion humans are driving a sixth mass extinction, which leaves no room for even 10 humans if fully realized, let alone 10¹⁰.”
“Since the current low levels of mortality go hand-in-hand with ecological devastation and a doomed modernity, their embrace is itself a problem…”
“The hard fact is that in an age of climate breakdown, human numbers matter. And the ecological impact of another 2-3 billion humans will be immense.”
“We are in the sixth mass extinction event. Unlike the previous five, this one is caused by the overgrowth of a single species, Homo sapiens.”
“The power of population is so superior to the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man, that premature death must in some shape or other vist the human race.”
“I want to emphasize that the question of regulating birth rates is highly complex and that any standardized, dogmatic solution "for all time and all peoples" would be wrong.”
“Fossil fuels enabled a dramatic expansion of energy usable by humanity, in turn enabling unprecedented growth in human population, economic activity, and material consumption.”
“A Summary of Human Population Dynamics, work: Russell Hopfenberg, publisher: Pan Earth”
“Our emphasis [on] science has resulted in alarming rises in world populations that demand an ever-increasing emphasis [on] science to improve their standards and maintain their vigor.”