>>There is one cause that should be number one and then the next 10 spots left blank until we get to the the four mentioned. Human population growth.

> I could not agree more with this post - it is what some of us have been saying for years.  We (the human race) could have everything we ever wished for - if there were less of us.  

This is all well and good, but such efforts start at home, so I assume that everyone holding this opinion did not have any children.
Anyone who has children simply cannot propose this as a solution, as what one is saying is that OTHER people need to "control their population", and this smacks of genocide. 

The only good news is that better nutrition and healthcare directly reduces the number children in 3rd-world nations, as parents no longer need to have 6 kids to get 2 that survive into adulthood to care for them in their old age.

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