So a couple of month's ago I signed up for the Global Population Speak Out, which (you are better off to follow the link) is a simple project intended to draw attention to the problem posed by the world's growing human population. My obligation is pretty small, fortunately, in that I was asked only to at least mention the issue in some way, some where.
I say "fortunately" because it has turned out to be a hard thing to write about for me.
It is clear that current population growth is unsustainable, and I would suspect that the current population as it stands now is itself unsustainable. The…