Population Growth

According to Wired, the world's population will hit 6.5 billion this Saturday at around 7:16pm EST. Not if I have anything to say about it! Mwa ha ha! Oh wait, I'm not the only one who wants to trim the fat from humanity's ample midsection.

From the article:

"For his part, Cohen estimates that if we want to support individuals indefinitely -- allotting each person 3,500 calories per day from wheat and 247,000 gallons per year of fresh water -- the planet has room for only about 5 billion people."