In this case, we have so many people that the environment can no longer take care of itself, but instead needs to be protected by government.
Of course, this is all fine with the people at the top.
Doubtless they envision a time when ownership of single family homes will be purposely taxed and legislated out of existence, forcing people to live together in urban high-rise human anthills.
Because that would be the most efficient way to use energy, while at the same time freeing up the land to use for factory farming to feed the teeming hoards and to maximize watershed.
It's all coming--it may not be consciously planned by anyone, but it will be the ineluctable result of population growth.
And once everyone is herded into cities, a great many additional laws will be needed to maintain order: where or if you can smoke, barbeque, play loud music, ride a bicycle or even go jogging; and perhaps even when you would be allowed to shower--in much the same way that there are now laws governing when you can water your lawn--all these infringements to liberty will happen one small step at a time, until our current freedoms are a distant memory and you will wonder what happened, just as those who were alive to experience the 1950s are now wondering what happened.
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