"I was not aware that the current "human population exceeds the sustainable carrying capacity of the planet"."

neither are a goodly number of people who will not be very happy when it gets closer to home...

the critical word is "sustainable"... you might want to read up on population ecology. look closely at population doubling time and what can cause population crashes.

this was something I understood back in 1963 at the ripe out age of 12... my mistake was thinking that if a kid could figure it out, adults would be right on top of it.... sigh