Nor can we continue to support our growing population. Some folks on these pages say that Earth can support unlimited growth. How can that be on a finite planet? It's simply that the planet is so big it's led us down the primrose path to believe Earth's resources are unlimited.

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The Earth's Overshoot Day was August 2nd last year, it marks the date when humanity's demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year.