Wirt after Shawn:
>> cool, maybe everyone from Los Angeles will move there too.
>
>In the desert, it's the water that controls the maximum 
>population size.
>There's not enough water here to even fill all the swimming 
>pools in LA, much
>less what people use to water their lawns.
>
>That's the primary reason that this area can't really grow beyond some
>physical size. The worry is of course is that it grow right to 
>that limit
>before anyone realizes it and everyone will be miserable for many years
>afterwards.

Like L.A.?  ;)

Seriously though, this is just one more example of "too many people"
trying to share a finite set of resources.  I think we've proven that
the Earth can support 6 or 7 billion people (though not well) but those
resources are (on average) being spread thinner and thinner.  Our impact
on the natural mechanisms on which we (and all the rest of the
biosphere) depend is getting more and more significant.  Over-population
has a significant negative effect on the quality of life of everyone.

"Think globally; act locally."
--
Jeff Woods
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