> China has 1.5bi people, the US needs to get to at least 500mil fast. That needs a sea change that frankly will not happen for the forseeable future. We don'

> China has 1.5bi people, the US needs to get to at least 500mil fast. That needs a sea change that frankly will not happen for the forseeable future. We don't have the infrastructure to support that population. And what infrastructure we do have is pitifully run down. Governments hate investing in it - our road quality is some of the worst in the developed world (I'm in an affluent area and the amount of potholes here would have people rioting, in places overseas I've lived, for one tiny little example. Not to mention rolling blackouts in many major centers when weather exceeds seasonal norms.