[Skybird]

You replied with an extremist reference to debunk a statement on an obvious truth. I called that a "witty joke", but that was just an euphemism for the sake of politeness.

There is no way around it: we are too many. Like a rafting boat for rescue that could hold 30 passengers, but is loaded with 100+ already, and water already sipping in over the upper rims. In that case I would say the same: there are too many.

There are ~ 5-6 times as many humans on this planet than the planet can sustain over the long term. Period. Like it or not, imply I am an evil Nazi or not, pray to divine idols for even greater fertility or not, call having many children a blessing or not - it does not matter. Too many is too many. That is the only fact there is, and that is the only thing that decides the issue. Consumerism, waste, ressource management, all that in the end comes down to simple rules of basic mathematics, and physically limited habitats can sustain so and so many life forms only, and not more. Period. Too many is too many. Too much is too much.

And please, just in case: no word on space colonization and other scifi esoteric. I would only laugh.