I never stated that. You read that into it, likely because you felt your narrative being attacked. Birthrate is currently exceeding death rate by an obviously large margin is the only claim I made prior to your strawman.
Nice strawman, but I'll address it anyways. If any of these caused a death rate that exceeded the birth rate we would address them as a much more serious problem. Yet we still drive cars, do drugs, consume things that we know cause cancer and heart disease, own guns, etc. War and genocide...
I haven't, but I just did a quick search and found him. He's about a nine hour round trip from here. I could ship him a saw that needed complete re-build, but I'm looking for someone more local for little stuff that's beyond my know-how. In particular, at the moment I need a crank seal and...