Reply #9: The basic premises are faulty. That makes the logic faulty.

[MineralMan]

You raise pertinent questions, none of which can be answered in a way that doesn't destroy the logic of this approach.

The unspoken premise in this kind of book is that humans are a toxic species that should not exist. That is never said, but it is implicit in much of the argument. I suppose the person who wrote the book exempts him or herself from that characterization, though. Always interesting.

Typically, such treatises suggest that a much lower population is a desirable thing. Oddly, they never suggest how that is to be accomplished. I'm afraid that would present some rather unpopular means of accomplishing the goal.

Faulty premises, faulty logic, and distinctly ugly conclusions to be drawn. Uff da!