Population Control, Energy, and Sustainability

A close friend offers an astute comment based on an observation he and his team made at a certain philanthropic organization:

1.       Let the Gates Foundation concentrate their resources on keeping more people in Africa alive.

2.       We should concentrate on making being alive more worthwhile:

a.       Address abject poverty by making environmentally benign energy available to all at an economically accessible cost.

b.      Energy is the underlying source of affluence.

c.       It has been demonstrated that affluence is a “cure” for excessive fertility.