Definitions:
It is tantamount to the argument to both define biogenic warfare, and define the process by which this end will be accomplished. The process will be described in more detail later in this paper, but the concept will be defined below.
Biogenic Warfare: Biogenic warfare is an outgrowth of biological and chemical warfare methods. Where biological warfare used naturally occurring virulent organisms to threaten mass disease outbreaks in high-population density locales, biogenic warfare uses the manmade viruses, with very specific properties to accomplish the same end with much greater efficiency and lower risk. It is widely banned under international treaty, but it is believed that Iraq, elements of the former Soviet Union, China, France, and the United States all possess some degree of biogenic or biological warfare weapons.
It should be noted however, that for this to be a viable economic solution, processes must be maintained to ensure that the process is both as globally widespread as possible as well as being controlled. It should also be noted at this time that the average rate of immunity to a correctly engineered biogenic virus is approximately 1 in 10,000, thus resulting, ideally, in a total post-war world population of 600,000 human beings.
Arguments:
On initial observation, scarcity is the primary source of many of our ecological and social ills. Lack of sufficient organization to distribute foodstuffs to the entire country effectively drove the Soviet Union to undertake massive irrigation projects in the area around the Aral Sea, with the intent of reducing the scarcity of food, and improving the lot of the Soviet people. The project was a resounding failure. Lack of arable land is one of the primary reasons for the clearing of rainforest areas to allow cattle to graze and farmers to plant crops. Reducing demand for food from and in that area would then reduce the need to clear those areas.