Save the world… stop having kids
Humanity’s impact on the environment is undeniable, that goes without saying. Accordingly, the vast majority of environmental organisations promote ways in which people (individually and collectively) can reduce their footprint. That’s what we do here at GreenCars - we tell you all to conserve fuel, drive less, use greener vehicles.
Last week’s World Population Day (you may not have heard of it, it’s unfortunately not very high on anyone’s list of priorities) highlights the fact that the problem can be addressed at a far more fundamental level:The first World Population Day was held 18 years ago, inspired by Five Billion Day - an event held in 1987 to observe the milestone of 5 billion living people. Since then, the global population has risen to over 6.5 billion people. What’s really scary is that the UN is predicting a global population of 9.2 billion people by 2050.
The fact of the matter is that the earth can only sustain a certain number of people, and every additional person on this planet undermines every little step that humanity takes in reduucing its environmental footprint. Isn’t it time that environmentalists start emphasising the role of the population explosion in environmental destruction? This is certainly a thorny, sensitive subject, but it’s one I believe cannot be overlooked if the future of the human race on this planet is to remain secure.
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Thanks for stopping by, wolf man! I must say that your dark philosophy makes a certain kind of sense. Still, it’s probably better if there were fewer people born in the first place, rather than them having to die in some unpleasant war/pestilence kind of way.
Interesting post. Thank goodness the reasonably educated younger set are now only having kids if they want them and feel they can afford to educate them and give them what they require and not because of peer pressure. Now if we could only educate the poor of the world to think the same way.
Have to agree with you there. Especially when you consider places such as Ethiopia, where people with barely any food; people suffering from malnutrition, are plopping out kids like there’s no tomorrow.
I suppose that’s what disease, war and famine are for… If you want a dark philosophic answer heh
Thank you for an excellent perspective!