Debate: Is Overcrowding a Legitimate Threat?
Do we still need to worry about Paul Ehrlich's predictions of an overcrowded planet?

Claim: Overcrowding is not a legitimate threat
Reason: Capitalism causes overcrowding to be problematic.
Warrant 0: capitalism is widespread across the world
Warrant 1: capitalism is almost non-existent across the world
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Overcrowding is not a legitimate threat
Reason: Having food makes us tend to reproduce creating more problems.
Warrant 0: science won't solve those problems
Warrant 1: science will solve those problems
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Overcrowding is not a legitimate threat
Reason: Haiti is overpopulated.
Warrant 0: the Haitians are having more kids in large amounts
Warrant 1: the Haitians are no longer having kids in large amounts
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Overcrowding is a legitimate threat
Reason: Population will peak and decrease just like in Europe.
Warrant 0: population will continue to rise
Warrant 1: population will not continue to rise
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Overcrowding is not a legitimate threat
Reason: Capitalism causes overcrowding to be problematic.
Warrant 0: Malthusian economics will not provide a solution
Warrant 1: Malthusian economics will provide a solution
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Overcrowding is a legitimate threat
Reason: Resource production can increase exponentially to match population growth.
Warrant 0: you will not hit a wall in regards to resources
Warrant 1: eventually you hit a wall in regards to resources
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Overcrowding is not a legitimate threat
Reason: Many important resources, such as water, food, and even metals, are jeopardized by a crisis of overpopulation.
Warrant 0: I foresee a way out through science
Warrant 1: I can't foresee any way out through science
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Overcrowding is not a legitimate threat
Reason: Populations grow every decade.
Warrant 0: the counter events wouldn't kill massive numbers of people like natural disasters and illnesses
Warrant 1: there are counter events that kill massive numbers of people like natural disasters and illnesses
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Overcrowding is not a legitimate threat
Reason: If the world was sustaining itself thousands of refugees would not be dying trying to find a place to live.
Warrant 0: the refugees are from religion and regime, not population
Warrant 1: the refugees are not from religion and regime, but population
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Overcrowding is a legitimate threat
Reason: Resource production can increase exponentially to match population growth.
Warrant 0: not all of those resources take up space
Warrant 1: all of those resources take up space
Correct warrant: 1