Size does matter!

The evidence grows clearer and clearer: we, in other words the ever growing human population of the planet earth, are too numerous, too careless, too productive, too ambitious, too destructive for our planet. We are living the lives of three planets at one go, exhausting natural resources, energy, food and fresh water, and destroying biotopes at an ever growing speed. It is clear: we are heading for disaster. Some of us do seem to care and consider solutions: biofuels, renewable energy, living a monks life, slow food and deconsumption, but theirs is an invain struggle against the billions that are still trying to live a decent life. The obvious solution is often overlooked, as Sherlock Holmes taught us long ago. Size does matter after all. Not only are we too numerous, we are also too big. Particularly the Dutch are proud to be amongst the longest people in the world, but with their length they are likely to overlook the trivial solution to our overexhaustive existence: we have got to shrink! Just imagine us being only half the size we are today; then we would really have another planet earth at our disposal. After all, we would only need half the food, half the space, half the floor height in our appartments, and as we would have half the mass, we would probably need half the energy to move. Our highways would suddenly have double the number of lanes, putting a definitve end to congestion.
With gen technology developing, we are now able to control our size, and work on the next generations of human beings with only half or a quarter of our current size. Obviously, we would have to leave our brain size as it is ( we are struggling with underdeveloped brains already), but all the rest should shrink. And don't let yourself discourage by your pictures like "Honey, I shrunk the kids". If well prepared, we as human beings should be able to cope with spiders and flies, housecats and dogs being twice the current size.
EU is in the unique position to take the lead in the Shrinking Humanity research program. Let's keep it a secret for the Chinese for as long as possible. With some courage toady, a smaller Europe will soon be at the head of an enlarged, truely sustainable planet.