Then the next gen is in for a reality check too like China is right now. No young people to support the old people and we get new problems. I guess all in all none of our systems have ever been perfect.

Alberta voted for it. Fair and square. They will only have themselves to look in the mirror and blame, when everyone with a brain is long gone, and they can't get anyone to reliably fulfil their services.

Or when the cheque comes due for their behaviour. But I ain't holding my breath on that.

I'm in complete agreement. Humanity will transition to sustainability the good way or the bad way. The good way involves making some tough decisions and calculated sacrifices, while the bad way involves despair, famine, mass migrations, war and genocide.

But it will all eventually settle down to sustainability, one way or another. That's why I'm an optimist.

Canadians, like most developed countries, already have a very low birth rate. If you want to reduce the growth of human population, you have to look at countries and regions where the birth rate is significantly higher than two children per woman.

If you are concerned about the carbon footprint of individual people, you need to look at where most of that carbon goes and what can be done about it. In Canada, the two major contributors are heating and car use, both of which would be reduced by transforming suburban single family home developments into walkable medium density mixed-use neighborhoods.