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Re: Original Sin
Hooray! Someone is telling it as the environmental problem really is, that humans will consume and produce waste no matter what. Of course the more humans, the more consumption and waste. Not just Americans need to control population growth but every country and immigrant on the planet. We can ill afford the environmental and economical impact.
Posted to Green Room by mtnsshore on September 14, 2007
a modest proposal
One idea I rarely see mentioned in these discussions is the importance of delayed reproduction. This is just a matter of logic - think of it this way: scenario A: a couple who has two children when they are 20ish will have 16 descendents after 80 years, assuming their descendents follow the same pattern scenario B: a couple who has two children ...
Posted to Green Room by SIgh on September 13, 2007
Global Swarming: The Green Movement's Black Heart
Engber's piece ''Global Swarming'', which mildly suggests population control as a key environmental policy, reads more like the work of fellow Slate contributor Christopher Hitchens. Hitchen's writes often writes with an imperial sense of ethics but a total absence of charitable feeling; Engber's piece repeats this mistake by allowing ...
Posted to Green Room by ptallon on September 11, 2007