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Of course I've considered such possibilities, but our over-consumption is so grotesque, that it only makes sense to power down and relocalise to avert armaggeddon. Methinks you are just burying your head in the sand. In denial. The Optimum Population Trust estimates the UK's long-term carrying capacity to be 15 million with our current lifestyle or 30 million with a modest lifestyle (i.e. ensuring everyone has enough to eat but sourcing more locally and wasting much less). If it;s any consolation the DR...

Why is this bad news? Growth is ultimately unsustainable and the sooner we adapt to a low consumption life style the better.

... How to argue against stubborn opponents of neolabourite globalist policies: 1) Suggest your adversary suffers from "conspiracy theory" syndrome. Only conspiracy theorists like Alan Greenspan would conclude the liberation of Iraq had anything to do with oil. 2) Just say dismissively "That's your opinion" implying my opinion is better informed as it is backed up by peer-reviewed reports produced by corporate lobbies and the mainstream neoliberal media... 3) Deride your opponent as a Daily Mail...

As tough as it may be for many hardworking honest people, this is actually wonderful news. Continuous economic growth is unsustainable. Britain's population is unsustainable and even more so if we don't cut consumption. ...

Well I guess it serves him right for supporting the NeoLiberal agenda with its resource wars and unaccountable multinational organisations taking over government. Gordon Brown seemed quite happy for Rupert Murdoch's News International to support New Labour under Blair and now seems surprised they switched allegiance to their new puppet master, David Cameron.. ...

Seems like the Independent (TM) employs muppets to amuse its wishful-thinking readers. Ben Chu has repeatedly espoused his love of globalisation and continuous economic and population growth, a strategy doomed to failure. A huge military industrial-industrial complex with close links to the UK, US and (formerly) French governments has long had significant interests in the oil rich Middle East....

This article reflects a general Independent (TM) bias in favour of globalisation with mass labour migration. This newspaper denies the medium to long-term unsustainability of London's growing population. Although Greater London's population officially peaked in 1938 at 8.5 million, only a small fraction of its daytime workforce commuted from outlying satellite towns back then. ....

The world's population is currently approaching 7 billion, with rapid depletion of remaining cheap fossil fuels, rising material expectations and impending climate disruption. So how exactly is cramming more people into an overcrowded island going to help? ...

Methinks, some commentators have not really thought things through. No linguist would dispute languages evolve gradually and borrow words and even phrases, but they also need some inner consistency, expressiveness and clarity to stay alive. English just has to be the most ambiguous language in Europe. ...

May I suggest the following tried and tested remedies: 1) Create more money out of thin air to employ more social workers, employment advisers, counsellors and admin assistants ...