Elephant in the room

[bunn]

You'd think occasionally on some of these news stories they'd acknowledge that a big part of the problem is that there are too many people.

UK water use 'worsening global crisis'

What do we need 8 billion people for anyway?  Wouldn't the world be a nicer place all round if we'd stuck at, say, 5 billion, and had more whales and orangutans instead...?

Comments

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

We need an 'elephant in the room' userpic.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

I have made one :-)