Well, I question any "need" to grow the human population!!!
The problem is not only one of population. I see environmental destruction
as resulting from three driving forces:
1) Increase in the number of people
2) Increase in the level of consumption by these people
3) Increase in the level of technology, which increases the power
and impact of every person (at least those rich enough to purchase
the technology!)
I suppose it's consumer capitalism pushing all of this. But I really
don't know enough about economics to say much about that, or how we
could switch to a sustainable economic system. Any economists out
there?
Michael Chamberland