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. . .not the problem. Human beings are a net positive.
"It will take something like the death toll of one 2004-tsunami each day for the next 18 years(!!!) to bring the human population back to levels that Earth can sustain!" - disagreed. We have enough to sustain ourselves even now. The starvation and easily preventable diseases are occurring in commie places like North Korea and Zimbabwe, and are entirely preventable. Just get rid of communism and corrupt dictators.
As Mark Steyn said,
"There's no such thing as "sustainable" development. Human progress and individual liberty have advanced on the backs of one unsustainable development after another: When we needed trees for heating and transportation, we chopped 'em down. Then we discovered oil, and the trees grew back. When the oil runs out, we won't notice because our SUVs will be powered by something else. Bet on human ingenuity every time. We're not animals, and it's a cult as deranged as the screwiest fringe religion to insist we are. Earth's most valuable resource is us."
