Attorney Sanders says that out of control human population growth and growing use of technology will result in catastophic environmental impacts.

The impact of human activities on our environment is sometimes expressed by the following equation: I = P × A × T. In the equation, Human Impact (I) on the environment equals the product of population (P), affluence (A: consumption per capita) and technology (T: environmental impact per unit of consumption).

This rather simplistic equation tells us that the greater the amount of technology employed in a human activity, the greater the impact on the environment. For example, driving a large SUV to work has a much greater impact on our environment than walking, biking, or taking mass transit.

The equation also shows that human population growth is perhaps the biggest factor impacting the environment. Today, the number of humans around the world using sophisticated technologies to consume the Earth’s limited resources point to greater environmental problems in the future.

According to the equation, global catastrophic problems will result from China, India and other highly populated countries using advanced technology, such as automobiles, refrigerators, and coal fired utility plants. Almost all Americans take such technology for granted, which also explains why we as a nation use so much of the world's resources.

Unfortunately, globalization of the American dream of “having it all will” is causing irreversible environmental degradation and population loss. That trend will continue to increase in the future, as technology and the desire to use technology spread throughout the world.

No one has the ability or no nation has the political will to change an innate mindset within the human race to consume and to exploit the earth’s natural riches for their own self-satisfaction, even if it means the end of our species.