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<br />'-'7~'1 <br />\)JlJ U L <br /> <br />money. education. and prestige are all in <br />the city." In short. no jobs in rural <br />Colorado will mean that no young people <br />can stay there. <br /> <br />The Commission recommends an industrial site selec- <br />tion law; decentralization of state anrl ~Arlp~~l offices. <br />changes in water diversion policies; loan (lnd tax incen- <br />tive programs for rural communities; state airport devel- <br />opment outside of Denver; etc. With the exception of <br />limitation on water diversion. stimulation of economic <br />activity outside of the Front Range may not redirect <br />growth from Metro-Denver. Would it simply encourage ad- <br />ditional growth for the entire state? <br /> <br />VI. Efforts to Stabilize <br />Colorado's Population as Soon as Possible <br /> <br />In January 24. 1972. issue of Time. there appears an <br />article concerning computer research into "the limits to <br />growth". This study in the area of systems dynamics fore- <br />casts critical problems in the years ahead. The question <br />posed in this study is: <br /> <br />How long will population and indus- <br />trialization continue to grow on this <br />finite planet? ...As industrialization <br />grows. it voraciously consumes enormous <br />amounts of resources. Resources become <br />scarcer. forcing more and more capital <br />to be spent on raw materials. which <br />leaves less and less money for investment <br />in plants and facilities. At this stage. <br />which might be about 2020...population <br />outstrips food and industrial supplies. <br />Investment in new equipment falls behind <br />the rate of obsolescence.... <br /> <br />...Every advance in technology con- <br />sumes scarce natural resources. throws <br />off more pollutants...What if pollution <br />was abated. the birthrate halved. and <br />food production doubled?..There would <br />still be some pollution from every farm <br /> <br />-18- <br />