[LINK] A link between air travel and deaths on the ground

[Ash Nallawalla]

> In 2004, the World Health Organization estimated that about one
> million deaths per year are caused by air pollution, and several
> epidemiological studies have linked air pollution to the development
> of cardiovascular and respiratory illnesses, including lung cancer.

Isn't this a "good" thing, since the planet has already/almost reached the
point where it cannot sustain more people?

Not a bad article for Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overpopulation

quote: "Demographic entrapment" is a concept developed by Maurice King,
Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Leeds, who posits that this
phenomenon occurs when a country has a population larger than its carrying
capacity, no possibility of migration, and exports too little to be able to
import food. This will cause starvation. He claims that for example many
sub-Saharan nations are or will become stuck in demographic entrapment,
instead of having a demographic transition.

While it is politically correct to find ways to prolong life, when will
future generations be brave enough to plan for population reduction, or will
they wait for conflicts and natural calamities to solve the problem?