Pollution and the Environment

George Bush has lifted some regulations on companies that spew toxins into our environment such as mercury. Just so said companies can make more profit. Theoretically/scientifically, this planet can only support 2 billions people, we are killing ourselves and the planet through over population and choking off earth's resources.

Okay, how long before we need to get off this planet? And how long until that big (I mean, OMG-big, not just big) volcano under Yellowstone throws a shit-fit or Tokyo's inevitable earthquake causes the whole world economy to go bazookas? All it takes is for some snow to stay over the winter and the sub-tempered regions are fucked for millenia. Iran is getting a nuke, although I've heard a lot about this that isn't clear. Then there's China and India, whose people are getting happier while their biospheres are shot to shit and their rivers run black. My issue is not that some people are getting richer and richer, my problem is that they now have the power to push money upwards, be unscrutinized or even questioned about some of their practices and that we waste so fucking much. I believe in capitalism, but I don't accept its eccentricities, because they can quickly accumulate. I believe you can and should trim capitalism without slowing its positive effects, but this will take skill and balance.