Trashing The Planet: Where Do We Put Our Garbage?

A nation of a billion people is not a problem at all.The problem is a world of 8 billion+ people (eventually, anyway)... regardless of what nation they are a part of.
As long as you (and I) are alive, we are as much a part of the problem as anyone else.

If it makes you feel any better... there have always been "huge challenges for the human race in the next 50 years..." Some we handled well.
Others... not so much. The point for us - those of us not really involved in the politics or the power games to 'make the actual decisions' - is to ensure that we don't ignore the power we do have.We do have the power not to ignore such problems.
We do have the power to impose upon our leaders that such problems require solutions and we want solutions - we do not want to ignore them.The moment we begin to ignore the problems, and not do what we are capable of doing - we become part of the problem. Perhaps.But, really, Christians shouldn't fear such a thing.
It's like socialism... many Christians "fear socialism" when they shouldn't really fear such a thing.Yes... unrestricted, forced "socialism" for all problems and all issues is terrible. Christians (and everybody else) should fear such a thing, and fight against it.
But this shouldn't stop people from identifying specific problems that are better solved using socialism and applying socialism in a limited fashion to deal with those specific problems.Yes... an unrestricted, forced "one world order" for all problems and all issues is terrible. Christians (and everybody else) should fear such a thing, and fight against it.
But this shouldn't stop people from identifying specific problems that are better solved using a one world order and applying a one world order in a limited fashion to deal with those specific problems. Mostly some egos will need to be bruised.
But don't worry, the ones that need to be bruised to solve such problems should really be bruised much more than this will do anyway.