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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> Population control is the key factor here, because for organic methods
> to be truly sustainable, one needs animal manure and animals need water
> and space, too.  It's all very cyclic.

We humans are a problem and capable of a solution to the challenge of 
the sustainability of Earth's systems. Humans adjust quickly to food 
supply. Once we have more than we need we produce lots more of us. 
Lots more of us require ever more more food. The article correctly 
notes that without artificial nitrogen there could be far fewer 
humans. But like villages that strive to become towns that strive to 
become cities that strive to become ever bigger, it seems more is a 
basic, or base, human instinct.