Interesting comments…you might notice that of the dozen posted so far those that seem to think the ACF and the rationale of the article represent an affront to humanity do not actually discuss the issues raised by the writer, ie carbon pollution, water availability and land use. Rather they focus on the notion that growth is inevitable and part of our human nature which is hardly the point. At some stage the physical limits will come into play and at some other point some of the hypothetical constraints, such as unlimited growth in a finite world, will also manifest themselves.
The debate about human population growth must be discussed but it is so entrenched in the dominant orthodoxy that its proponents can simply duck the issues and resort to unassailable rhetoric. Last time I looked there wasn’t a spare Earth that we can easily move to…
