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Or perhaps the world's ecosystems are collectively the ONLY provider and humans are taking so much out of the pot that the provider can't keep up with demand. US agriculture and other natural resource providers are essentially middle-men.
I saw more than enough blame to go around in that article for all nations with people.
Population aside, how people live is important to determining their impact on the environment. The US gets singled out because of our disproportionate impact by population. Imagine the black hole of resource consumption China and India could eventually become - multiples of our population living at the same level. Sustainable human population would be a moot point by then.
And Johnny - though I disagree emphatically at any implication that this is prophesy or wild speculation - LOL that was funny.
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