The Limits of the Earth, Part 1: Problems

> And the ultimate solution to those problems is innovation ...

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 only solution is population control?

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":

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/49/Pogo_-_Earth_D...