> And the ultimate solution to those problems is innovation ...<p>I can't believe I'm reading this. How many times does this same fairy tale get to be repeated before someone states the obvious -- there are too many people, our reproduction rate is much too high, and the <i>only solution</i> is population control?<p>At present growth rates, the world's population doubles every 60 years. For how many doublings of population will someone be able to write a fairy-tale rationalization like the one linked above, before someone finally says (along with Pogo), "We have met the enemy, and he is us":<p><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/49/Pogo_-_Earth_Day_1971_poster.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/49/Pogo_-_Earth_D...</a>