We can handle much larger population densities. We will get
   more clever with resources. Worrying about "population control"
   in non first world countries is a form of xenophobia. The idea
   of offing the "less worthy" is old 19th century thinking and it
   amazes me ppl still think this way. == Fear keeps news going.
   Believe it if you like but there's no more common headline than
   "doom and gloom" in our lifetimes. Gets old. Nobody checks the
   failures of these predictions. Last apocalyptic prediction to
   come true was..... None of them. What predictions did we get
   right from 40 yrs ago? How many more we got wrong? Too many
   prophets, now wearing lab coats preaching the same apocalypse so
   we'll listen to them. == you act as if global warming is the
   only doom and gloom prediction anybody's ever made. I've see
   many more predictions most wrong. Maybe this ones right. That's
   fine. But what does this have to do with population control? ==
   eh, while I _do_ believe it's practical and pragmatic to make
   changes to human activities that make a better environment (part
   of a "give a hoot, don't pollute" type of thing), I think a lot
   of the bru-haha is a bit "sky is falling". Still, they got
   people like the Pope and the Dalai Lama to make their speeches
   to their peoples, and the UN started giving it some serious
   talk, so I suppose it's an "end justifies the means" and I'm ok
   with that in this case. But I'm a "true believer" about very few
   things. I can see when something is a practical course to follow
   but my belief in it or lack of belief doesn't matter.