Alex, if you ever get to Alaska, it'll blow your mind. But give yourself plenty of time - and don't put Juneau high on the list of places to go (no offence Ebbie!)

Bill D, people starved in Somalia for the same reason they starved in Biafra: wars, in which control of food distribution is used as a weapon, and crops are deliberately destroyed. Proving my point that the problem is not how many of us there are, but how we behave.

The overpopulation thing plays really well in Canada and the states, of course: the "haves" beginning to feel uneasy when they see too many "have nots" encroaching.

Far better than having to rein in a bit while the rest of the world catches up (which would result in declining birthrates, as McGrath has pointed out more than once).