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Population control? There are quite a few reasons why it is wrong. Take China for example, over 1 billion people right? They strictly enforce a policy where a family can only have one child. if they have another one that one has to die or be adopted or something that takes it out of the country.

Why dont we just eat our children if we are worried about population growth? :-P

Most of the things you guys are suggesting would be too controlling, and would impose on our freedom. Its logical, sure, but you need to look at the moral implications as well. I say we look at places that are considered uninhabitable. Alaska, the ocean, space, under the ocean, stuff like that. This is pure speculation but we could have cities underwater or on a giant barge :-) or we can do what they used to build up boston and other cities: expand the land further into the bay. It would cost a lot but it would allow population centers to expand, giving more housing oppertunites to everyone. But to do this we would need to take better care of other resources, such as the ocean. Think about it; expanding into the water will cause debris to be lost in the water, more oil would be polluting the water, etc. Have you ever been to Boston? Would you swim in the bay they currently have? Of course not, its disgusting. I suggest that we build more permanent versions of those orange things workers use when working on a building where there is a chance stuff will fall into the water.