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> [This planet might be able to support perhaps as many as half a billion people who could live a sustainable life in relative comfort. Human populations must be greatly diminished, and as quickly as possible to limit further environmental damage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-pianka/this-planet-might-be-able-to-support-perhaps-as-many-as-half-a/)

Eric Pianka

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## More by Eric Pianka

> [This planet might be able to support perhaps as many as half a billion people who could live a sustainable life in relative comfort.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-pianka/this-planet-might-be-able-to-support-perhaps-as-many-as-half-a/)

Eric Pianka

> [ The biggest enemy we face is anthropocentrism. This is that common attitude that everything on this Earth was put here for \[human\] use. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-pianka/the-biggest-enemy-we-face-is-anthropocentrism-this-is-that-common/)

Eric Pianka

> [The only real good technology is no technology at all. Technology is taxation without representation, imposed by our elitist species (man) upon the rest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-pianka/the-only-real-good-technology-is-no-technology-at-all-technology-is/)

Eric Pianka

> [War and famine would not do. Instead, disease offered the most efficient and fastest way to kill the billions that must soon die if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-pianka/war-and-famine-would-not-do-instead-disease-offered-the-most/)

Eric Pianka

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