Population growth isn't really our problem

[cprise]

2. Except

We could run out of food, water and fuel before we get to that leveling-off point. I'd much rather have a world that leveled off at 7bn people than 10bn. Even then, we would be using up resources at a rate that is too high to prevent an eventual crash and die-off scenario.

The poster of that Boingboing article, MKB, is also saying that we need to remove CO2 from the energy debate because trying to regulate CO2 makes powerful people mad. If we push 'clean energy' for other reasons, we'll get the CO2 reduction as a 'bonus'. Of course, she fails to understand that the definition of 'clean energy' would then change to include things that emit greenhouse gases (coal would become 'clean' as long as power plants used the old ash and SO2 scrubbers that are already standard).