WASHINGTON -- Saying there's no way around it at this point, a coalition of scientists announced Thursday that one-third of the world population must be cut back to prevent wide-scale depletion of the planet's resources -- and that humankind needs to figure out immediately how to cut more than 2 billion from the worldwide population.
Representing multiple fields of study, including ecology, agriculture, biology, and economics, the researchers told reporters that facts are facts: Humanity has far exceeded its sustainable population size, so either one in three humans can choose how they want to die themselves, or there can be some sort of government-mandated liquidation program -- but either way, people have to start dying.
