[MJA]

I believe the health of this planet is simpler than the complexities of science, but rather only a human balance that is required. How many people can this little planet sustain, or, how many people can Earth balance or maintain at one-time? The human population is over 6.6 billion and growing. I believe sadly, and think it only obvious, that we are the cancer devouring this planet, its resources, as well as ourselves; nothing else can be blamed. The bi-products of mankind's over use and abuse, is the poisoning and killing of everything, air, land, oceans, plants, and animals, animals including ourselves. The health of Earth is the health of ourselves; we are one and the same. A healthy earth requires a natural self-sustainability; the overpopulation of mankind has tipped the scale well beyond a renewable balance. Is there enough food for everyone? No. Are the forests regenerating? No. Are the fish of the oceans still plentiful? No. Does water have time to naturally cleanse itself? No. Do plants have time to clean the air? No. Have we lost our own human value to overpopulation, to supply and demand, wow? Is it not obvious again? Is the Earth sick, does it have a fever similar to us when we get sick? Is the temperature rising, is it getting hot? Yes. While we attempt scientific and technological remedies, looking for the magic pill, the cure is simply, I think, self control. As we inhumanely attempt to manage and control everything else in nature, from the capture of wild horses and the thinning of forests, to the poisoning of insects, and the control of even water, we have lost self control of ourselves. Did man ever have it? It is only us in need of management, and truly in need of control.
How many people can the Earth sustain?
What about self-control, is it the cure, is the health of everything up to you and me?

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MJA