too many, too much

There's too many men, too many people
Making too many problems
And not much love to go round
Can't you see this is a land of confusion?

-- Genesis, "Land of Confusion"

My personal view is that climate change is occurring. But the primary driver is population and consumption. When my grandfather was born, the world population was about 1.3 billion. When I was born it was 2.2 billion, and today it is 7.5 billion. The UN predicts a population of about 10 billion by 2055. In my opinion this is the primary driver of everything relating to our worsening environment.

-- Ken Croasdale, 82, researcher and engineer at Imperial Oil from 1968 to 1992, as quoted in the article "The scientists hired by big oil who predicted the climate crisis long ago"

a nice idea

So, I am calling for a new national holiday – American Interdependence Day – a celebration of the “us” in the U.S. and acknowledgement of the fact that our individual fates are inextricably linked.

-- Peter T. Coleman, in "Divided States of America: Why we need an Interdependence Day to restore national unity"