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Originally Posted by wmiddlemas
Well, human reproduction has generally been seen as a basic human right. But the earth is in crisis and replacing light bulbs with flouresents, or riding a bicycle rather than using a car will not solve the climate or pollution crisis. The problem is that the earth has too many humans all wanting to live the highly extravagant and wastful lifestyle of the developed western world. There is no way that, that lifestyle could even be initiated much less sustained for the current 6.5 billion souls on this planet much less for the projected 9.0 billion in 2030 ! So unless we reduce the human footprint, substantially, we and the present species on this planet are probably doomed.
Family planning programs could make a great inroad into reducing the population, with focus on the developing nations where population growth is totally out of control. With a worldwide coordinated effort, we could see substantial reductions in populations in 50 years, and a dramatic positive impact on the planet's climate, resources and eventually living standards of all.
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Ah yes! Those are inspirational words. Stop the unwashed masses of Africa from reproducing so that you will have a better quality of life. /sarc
That is the definitive liberal elitist attitude. Just remember - everybody is looking over their right shoulder for fascism when, in fact, it is about to jump on top of you on your left side.
At least those in the UK are beginning to recognize envirowackism for what it is - they soundly rejected the envirowackos in the latest election.