We also need a new economic system that isn't designed to "win" by perpetual growth. It's just more of everything. Population pressures would drop if we weren't constantly trying to increase output. Canada is dependent on immigrants to increase our population. Why? Why do we need to increase it? Oh, right, to keep the economy alive. More people mean more things, more consumption, more pressure on the environment.
The odds of us ever shifting before collapse are pretty low, though.
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