I'm reading through a conference presentation for work and it included this great quote:“One thing is sure: the Earth is more cultivated and developed now than ever before; there is more farming but fewer forests, swamps are drying up and cities springing up on an unprecedented scale. We have become a burden to our planet. Resources are becoming scarce and soon Nature will no longer be able to satisfy our needs.”
-Quintus Septimius Tertullianus (Roman politician) 200 BC
The presentation says 200 BC but a quick search makes it seems like 200 AD is more accurate. Regardless, it appears that people have been concerned about the future of the plant for a long time. Technology (and land expansion) has always come to the rescue in the past. Hopefully technology can save the day again this time - or at least be an important part of the answer.
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Sounds like Thomas Malthus.
http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB120613138379155707.html
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