Jacques-Yves Cousteau: „In the 20th century, mankind has done more harm to the planet than in the entire human history before. The most serious damage has been worked by two main agents: the explosive population growth, in conjunction with economic mismanagement. There are today 5.6 billion people in the world [note Kerstin Weichsel: figure from 1996]. In less than sixty years—in 2050 A.D.—they will be ten billion. The dramatic rise in consumer spending that has been accompanying this growth will become an almost deadly threat to the Earth’s planet resources …”
Quoted from: Cousteau—a voice of warning for a better world, BERLINER MORGENPOST (German newspaper), 28./29.12.1996, supplement Berliner Illustrierte Zeitung, p.2
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