> We haven't made much progress stemming growth. The simplest and most effective way to limit population growth is 1) women's education, and 2) increase standa

> We haven't made much progress stemming growth. The simplest and most effective way to limit population growth is 1) women's education, and 2) increase standard of living. With some or even one of those things, population rate naturally falls (even to below replacement rate, which is not good as Japan and increasingly Europe are learning). Already, even China's birth rate has fallen to levels that will soon be of concern to the country (obviously, a small working population can't support a massive elderly population). And once India's birth rate makes the same transition, the global birth rate will start to level out. Already, projects are that it will level out around 2100. Population growth is not the problem. Consumption levels and lack of environmentally-friendly sources of energy are the problem. We can solve one of those now, with nuclear power.