There is only one goddess Gaia and Al Gore is her only prophet...

[--Pete]

Hi,

. . . would we have a problem with global warming?

If the only problem were global warming, then you would be right. However, I feel that this thread has gone beyond global warming to environmental issues in general.

Pollution is a symptom of wealth, not population.

Not entirely true. The wealth of industrial nations has permitted them to clean up their rivers, the population of the third world has turned many of their rivers into sewers. That is but one example.

The easiest way forward is to develop technology that decouples wealth from pollution.

I have absolutely no idea what this means.

Trying to solve this problem with population control in a timeframe of less than centuries is not feasible. We need pollution controls more urgently than population controls, although I would advocate for both.

Exactly. Which is why, in my analogy, I said it was good to treat the symptoms. Just not sufficient.

--Pete