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Our online article 'Engineering sustainable population growth drew attention to a report from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), which suggested that the challenges of population growth could be overcome through the application of engineering expertise. An - admittedly brief - scan of the report's press release might lead a cynic to think that this is yet another attempt by one of the engineering institutions to gain wider recognition of the importance of engineers by over-inflating the role of 'technical fixes' Technical fixes, of course, have a role, but so does opposing the prevailing and narrow 'sustainable is the only show in town' closed view of the future.