that didn't happen, and one of the reasons it didn't happen is because of a man by the name of norman borlach, a nobel prize winner, considered now the father of the green revolution. by the way, he did spend a little bit of time at texas a&m and brian college station. but he was a -- really a heroic figure who used science to help figure out how to increase production of the food supply in a way that made paul ehrlich's prediction just a pipe dream. it just didn't happen. and so it is i think that by predicting all these dire consequences, it's the predictors -- it's the people who are embracing this sort of climate change theology who don't have any of confidence in our ability to innovate our way out of these problems. i'll just use one more anecdote to try to make the point. at the start of the 20th century, horses in new york city were producing about five million pounds of manure a day. five million pounds of manure a day at the start of the 20th century. can you imagine what an environmental hazard this would be with manure piled on vacant lots, with rats -- i won't go into all the det