The root cause

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by d-ray657

But isn't it a real concern that as the more populous countries develop their economic base, they will want to consume at the level at which we have consumed. Do you think that the planet can support that?

Regards,

D-Ray

I guess it depends if you're referring to consumption of foodstuffs or cheap plastic consumer crap. The former doesn't really bother me for the aforementioned reasons. Think about it. Less than 2% of our population is involved in agriculture and lots of fallow lands, yet we have massive surpluses in nearly all food stuffs.