The alcoholic knows that another drink will sort out the temporary problem he is in, just as the junky knows one more hit will ensure he is alright. In Britain 2013, all central political parties say " breed more, we give you tax incentives. We will refind our way in the dark, we will return to endless growth!" As if recasting the diminishing resources will deliver again and again. The planets population has doubled in my lifetime. Is it not inevitable that, in the next two centuries it will halve again? Our endless expansion at the expense of all other life forms will hit a limit. Any species overpopulating its environment will find that Gaia levels it down.