Thank you Dickie, the article you quote, "Planet on a Plate" is the most comprehensive I've seen and it shows up the huge problems the world is rushing into. At the back of it all is the insistence of economists that we should go for maximum growth, which as we know is unsustainable.

You ask what can we do about it. 1st step would be to put a cap on the number of cattle that can be run on the land. This would eventually mean that there would be less meat per person as the population went up.

While my suggestions would eventually reduce population this may not take effect until too late. We have to learn to live within the means of the planet and present population levels are too high and we will not be amenable to a reduced standard of living.

This goes for all the other troubles, take oil for example, while it is there young bucks will insist on pressing the metal to the floor and the rubber on the road. The price will eventually force the adoption of a more sedate electric car, but to make it acceptable we will have to take a more active role in publicity. As it says in the Viva article "raise your voice in protest, join with others such as Viva! and actively fight against the ruthless corporations who will allow greed to destroy the globe. D.C.