many of these concerns are not racist" why are they not recist. These population nuts are not talking about white europeans, they are not talking about urban sprawl, two decades policy that shifts spending from public transport to private transport, lack of environmetnal protections, or tax cuts fro the weathly. They are talking about how the brown people are coming and ruining their lives. It is overtly and explicitly racist. The outcomes of the 'population debate' are explicitly racist, as well as sexist. As is the whole 'population debate' with regards to the environment, which rather than focusing on the poor public policy and unsustainable ecconomic growth and consumption, they have been told to blame the brown people. I guess private consultancy cant really conduct meaningful research, or reach conclusions the study funders are not happy with, Which is who in this case? cfz : 23 Dec 2010 10:58:46am Discussing population with Treasury will only produce the numbers that are required to keep the economic engine running. This department does not have as its function any requirement for the consideration of sustainability or other limiting factors. Much to the alarm of conpanies that require constant growth to keep shareholders happy, the community is now aware that limits to our population size must be enforced if our present community is to maintain its standard of living. Put quite simply, we need to somehow develop a new economy that is not dependant on more and more people being imported for the economic