How to save the planet: have fewer children?

[katsa5]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090803/sc_livescience/savetheplanethavefewerkids

I had just heard this on CNN recently. Personally, I think its barbaric and there are more efficient, if not less ugly, ways to get the same results; but I'm just one person. What are your thoughts?

 

[TheNumber1Zero]

don't make fewer children,just kill more

 

[Cherry Cola]

Answer to save the planet: KILL EVERYONE!

But we now that something like that will never happen. Atleast not until Bush/Cheney find a way to get into the white house again (That joke was too easy)

 

[phi161]

Old news. Ever heard of this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-child_policy

Tried and failed

 

[Proteus214]

Almost all the environmental and geopolitical problems we have today stem from the fact that the world is massively overpopulated. It wasn't until after the Industrial Revolution that global population was able to break 1 billion people. The world population growth has gone off the fucking charts in the last 50 years and is going to lead to some serious sustainability issues in the near future.

 

[General Ken8]

Well, it's technically not bad, you're just not having kids
People act like it's genocide

 

[Destal]

The birth rate has always been significantly lower for wealthier countries than it has been for second and third world countries. Plus, China tried this once.

 

[Insanum]

Its genetics. Ugly people generally have ugly babies. Who grow up & repeat the process.

If guys were more selective (as a guy im allowed[/I] to say this) with who they seed, not just wherever they cant get it.

And i think 2 children is enough per family.

 

[jamesworkshop]

over population really its more to do with increased life expectancy, about 30 years of someones life involves doing no work at all

 

[ThisWasAWaste]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090803/sc_livescience/savetheplanethavefewerkids

I had just heard this on CNN recently. Personally, I think its barbaric and there are more efficient, if not less ugly, ways to get the same results; but I'm just one person. What are your thoughts?

Barbaric? What the fuck are you talking about? Not even making this into an ozone debate the earth is only so big with only so many resources so the more of us there the quicker our resources will be used. I don't personally think there should necessarily be a law enforcing it at this point, but I'd like to think it would be common sense. IMHO 2 kids are the most you need, replacing you and your partner, maybe 3 at most.

The sad thing is that most of the people who have the most kids also have GEDs (if that), live in trailer parks, and arn't really the best of parents (i.e. their kids are going to grow up just as worthless as them). Most smart people realize that 4+ kids isn't always the best of ideas. Now I know there are exceptions to the rule but I can't count the number of times I've seen families that have 4+ kids that fit the above description perfectly.

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

Right now with our resources we COULD make sure every person had food and shelter (we don't, but we could). However, in another 50 years or whatever when the Earth's population doubles again we're going to be in trouble. Eventually there will be no other option but population caps. Also, I do believe it will help the environment.

In short- I'm completely in favor of people having less kids and don't find anything "barbaric" about it. I don't like third trimester abortions because a lot of times the baby is born alive and then they have to just finish killing it because they technically already aborted it, but first and second trimester abortions are a fine way, in my opinion, to handle things.

6 months is a long time to make up your mind anyway.

 

[supersplash]

well the best way to help the earth is actually to stop helping the 3rd world countries. Might be harsh but the aid sent towards the 3rd world countries has just made things worse.. ALOT worse

 

[G1eet]

Save the planet by reading State of Fear and shutting the fuck up about global warming.

On the other hand, I do believe in resource conservation, but not to the extent to forcing birth caps. Just invest in extraterrestrial colonies; god knows the extra resources that we could get from Mars would help.

 

[DigitalSushi]

don't make fewer children,just kill more

can't we do both and meet in the middle?
Surely that would be more efficient.

As an extra plus point, the fewer children we have the fewer "marketing" vessels Madonna gets in trying to adopt them, and the less exposure she has.

Its win win, we save the planet, and Madonna dies lonely.

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

Save the planet by reading State of Fear and shutting the fuck up about global warming.

On the other hand, I do believe in resource conservation, but not to the extent to forcing birth caps. Just invest in extraterrestrial colonies; god knows the extra resources that we could get from Mars would help.

Actually this is a really good point. If we started doing terraphorming on mars we could be growing food there in a few centuries, and getting mineral resources as soon as we were able to send manned missions.

 

[The Austin]

don't make fewer children,just kill more

Im suprised you havent been baned.

 

[E-mantheseeker]

How is it barbaric not to have children?

Am I missing the part where they have the kids but eat them before they grow, or something?

Anyway, I guess that means I'm savin' tha werld.

Yeah I don't see the barbaric nature in not having children either, I guess condoms are a step in the wrong direction and the pregnant teenagers in my state having children like crazy are ahead of the curve.

Seems we're both saving the world, we should create a league of some sort.