Chris, We are not far apart, really. The set up for our son is 'insurance' against the likelihood that current trends continue rather than change as you (and most I know) hope. I plan for probabilities rather than long shots.
What I was inferring about Swiss eco footprint was that it greatly exceeds it's resources. see: http://www.footprintnetwork.org/images/uploads/2009_Data_Tables_hectares.xls It has an ecological deficit of -4.3 Norway, Latvia, and some others have ecological credits. This isn't a beauty contest for countries. The original point of my post about immigration as perceived by the US population was to show that there is growing realization that more people isn't always desirable. Both of us agree re wastefulness and huge imbalances in well being and power. Steve Steve _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
