I didn't say that. Yet fewer people would undoubtedly emit less and need fewer resources. At some point - I have no idea where - there is a number who could hav

I didn't say that. Yet fewer people would undoubtedly emit less and need fewer resources. At some point - I have no idea where - there is a number who could have gone on living a fossil fuelled lifestyle indefinitely without it impacting on global climate. Increasing population is tied with increasing emissions. Fewer people would unarguably have lower impact. Fewer people wouldn't magically fix overnight what we've already wrought - that's silly. Humans have always mismanaged resources. More humans means more mismanaged resources. Not all of the planet's issues are resource management though - a selection are simply down to sheer space used - forest clearcut, development such as roads and cities built and land farmed, etc.