I don't think it's a very good analogy because, at least when it comes to the parks in my neck of the woods, 95 percent of the litter problem is 5 percent of th

I don't think it's a very good analogy because, at least when it comes to the parks in my neck of the woods, 95 percent of the litter problem is 5 percent of the people. Clearly you can solve it by addressing their behavior. When it comes to our impact on the carrying capacity of this planet, we don't have a small handful of bad actors. We have a small handful of good actors. The vast majority of us (here in the US) are not willing to make the compromises necessary to be carbon neutral. We just don't know how to live that way, and it may take several generations of trying to figure it out. In the meantime, were going to have to find a balance between quality and quantity of life. To leave quantity unconstrained is to expect the have-nots to quietly tolerate the excesses of the haves to a much greater degree than they already do. It seems like a recipe for needless conflict (which will further set back, if not completely prevent, our sustainability goals).