So did I . I laughed when i read it too . <| sep |> That is a major problem . My friend just returned his because he did not get a loaner . <| sep |> I like how the mods dont temporarily sticky this . <| sep |> The grass is not greener on the other side . Bret is doing great things for our university . I can say that for a fact . <| sep |> I understand the sentiment . And I ' m with you about preventing exponential growth in the population . No society can sustain itself with an exponentially growing population , not even with the energy of a galaxy . Although there are natural limits to growth , nature is a cruel SOB . So we don ' t want to leave it to nature . I get that . But if you want to solve a problem like climate change , you have to define the problem correctly . Large populations do not make a species extinct . Look at locusts , ants , rats and cockroaches . They have huge populations , but relatively low energy consumption overall . There could be many more of them on this earth before it reached carrying capacity . But if each rat owned a SUV and drove it for an hour a day .