Bravo guys, this was quite a show.
If we are to believe the 'facts' as we're labeling them, that would mean that we should be more focus on abolishing major cities, spreading populations evenly, based on land mass, and working to reduce populations drastically.
Seeing all the delightful things that humans do to the planet, on the planet, heck, even in the planet, I'm in full support of reducing populations. But, while most of the world would love to say the US first, because they are tired of being behind us on several fronts, I'd say a more realistic approach is looking at the true major polluting countries, as it connects to their population, and starting in those places first.
China, India, they're obviously on top of that list. But, as you move along these intersecting lines of data, you'll find places like Austria, Brazil, Argentina, Indonesia, South Africa, Germany, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and the list would go on and on and on, of countries that pollute far worse, when factoring in their population. And they wouldn't like being put at the front of that line, and they'd whine and complain that the "US is rigging this," and on it would go.
I'm all for responsibility, but when the facts get factored in, you'd be surprised who jumps off their soap box. We certainly could be doing things better, but so could nearly everyone else. I for one, want to visit the Maldives some day, and ice caps melting is not going to sustain that life goal for me. But after digging into some of those island nations that dot the Indian Ocean, Seychelles, Mauritius, and so forth, I've come to conclusion that their raw sewage systems that jet straight out into the ocean, mere 50 feet from their own resort beaches, with no meaningful treatment, might be causing some our clean water problems, on a world wide scale, when you remember how much many of these types of places depend on tourism, from all over.