"WE'VE been here before" wrote Mr Elsmore in Sept 23 edition.

No, I am afraid we have not. Many people recycle but many don't. Do they consider that the old quarries are nearly full and that we are running out of landfill space.

Biofuels were going to be so wonderful. An area the size of Belgium is not planted for this purpose, thus resulting in the cutting down of rainforests and the evicting of poor people from their lands in already poor countries.

All so that we can meet our renewable energy targets. Imagine just how much food could be produced from a piece of land the size of Belgium. Do we consider if this affects us? The constantly rising price of food shows that it does.

Gas, oil and coal are irreplaceable. I don't know the stats but I am pretty sure it will run out and that day is fast approaching. Do we consider what will be left for our grandchildren? When a couple with a child are thinking about adding again to their family do they think to themselves "No, I should stick to one child as the earth can't sustain the population it has already." Obviously not as only 23 per cent of couples today have only one child!

The problem has gone beyond just an immigration issue in this country. This is a global problem with one major cause. We have too many people.

We are like a virus – multiplying, consuming, multiplying and moving on, except we are running out of spaces to move on to.?Every day we hear about animals on the brink of extinction because we are taking their habitat.

Go forth and multiply says Jews. Children

for Allah say Muslims. No contraception say Catholics.

Religion, like the rest of us, really needs to get with the programme

– C. Davies,?Broadwell.