Great point Plerdsus, the core issue is population growth, particularly in those regions which can least accommodate it, but don’t hold your breath waiting on the Al Gore’s of this world to start a campaign to publicise such an, impolite truth.

" ... the solutions to humanity's problems start with acknowledging there is a problem, be willing to do something about it and then EDUCATING OURSELVES AND OTHERS about how to overcome it."

Thanks Q&A. This is called WISDOM - a quality sadly lacking in today's 'modern', 'advanced' society ... er, sorry, Economy.
And in particular our public universities - said to be places of 'higher learning'!

Some here might be interested in the following and any similar sites.

http://www.knowledgetowisdom.org