I think the only answer is to lower the birth rate and assume a stable  
death rate and thereby roll back the human population globally to less than 2  
billion, as it was when my father was born, in 1911. Seven billion of us, 
and  growing, is just too much for the Earth to deal with. 
 
The United States should set an example for the rest of the world, but  
instead we have politicians who worship growth. We had better change that or  
there is no hope for a decent future.
 
The Canadian tar sands oil extraction would clear an area of forest  the 
size of Florida. Words fail us here, but try these: sick, obscene--proof  that 
the human species needs to stop watching Dancing With the Stars and grow  
up, fast. --Tom

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