A body of some 15,000 scientists is said to have issued a warning about the end of the world. And they have finally hit upon the thing that is never discussed at climate meetings in Paris or among followers of David Suzuki or Al Gore. Humanity is on its way to crushing hardship they conclude by creating more and more people. That’s the issue. All of the wearying worry about “the environment” goes away if billions and billions of people merely stop eating, burning, breathing, making garbage and trying to keep warm the way mammals have always done. To accomplish that, it will be necessary to do more than simply recycle or do without. As billions more of us arrive, our lack of capacity to live with less and less will be evident. Where does anyone propose that the world start on this project? Africa? Leaside? Brazil? Palm Beach? All leads
