while a professor at yale, henry wallicbegan to confront the doomsayers. some years ago, i guess 10 years ago, i think they'vetions gradually come downople. because population growth has diminished and yielded to the effect of higher standards of living. with higher standards of living and government persuasion, population growt can level off. disastereed not strike on pollution political considerations are as important as economic ones. anitpollution technologies are available, and the costs of cutting back emissions and cleaning up can be passed to consume. another major subject in the limits-to-growth thesis invoes basic resources, minerand oil. shorges were imminent, in tsaid the growth-busters.is in the early seventieseyot a boost for their cause. one of thetriking things for e club of rome was, shorges were imminent, in tsaid the growth-busters.is in the early seventieseyot after the book came out, a boost for their cause. oil prices jumped up four times. people said, "uh-huh they're right." then five or six years later, it jumped again, so that seem