Why Is Population Growth Seldom Discussed?

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63. It is REALLY at the heart of our most difficult problems.

The population of the U.S. in relationship to our carbon footprint is a serious and very real issue.

Whether native born or immigrant, the consumption behavior of Americans is primarily responsible for hydrocarbon energy depletion, other natural resources depletion, the consequent global warming, the consequent imperialistic policy of our government, so on and so forth. And we are adding to that environmental catastrophe-in-the-making every day.

'We' have a very difficult time dealing with overpopulation because there isn't a clear way out of this problem and because in involves tackling the most inflammatory of ethical, moral and religious issues.

But make no mistake, we are already at two or three times the carrying capacity of this planet vis-a-vis the human population.

Furthermore, it is tragic that there are still those on the left and right politically who trivialize the profoundness of overpopulation by reducing it to mere terms of where blue or red voters are impacted.

Even sadder is that no remedies are on the horizon:

Scientists: Defusing the Population Bomb Won’t Save the Planet