I don’t know what to say but I will say something anyway. People are killing the planet. Genius.
Developing countries are the majority of growth but developed countries should take responsibility.
This logic only works as long as you honestly believe that life is only the responsibility of man and man’s own work. Where’s God in this discussion?
Children ‘bad for planet’ | NEWS.com.au:
HAVING large families should be frowned upon as an environmental misdemeanour in the same way as frequent long-haul flights, driving a big car and failing to reuse plastic bags, says a report to be published today by a green think tank.The paper by the Optimum Population Trust will say that if couples had two children instead of three they could cut their family’s carbon dioxide output by the equivalent of 620 return flights a year between London and New York.
John Guillebaud, co-chairman of OPT and emeritus professor of family planning at University College London, said: “The effect on the planet of having one child less is an order of magnitude greater than all these other things we might do, such as switching off lights.
“The greatest thing anyone in Britain could do to help the future of the planet would be to have one less child.”
The world’s population is expected to increase by 2.5 billion to 9.2 billion by 2050. Almost all the growth will take place in developing countries.
The population of developed nations is expected to remain unchanged and would have declined but for migration.
The British fertility rate is 1.7. The EU average is 1.5. Despite this, Professor Guillebaud says rich countries should be the most concerned about family size as their children have higher per capita carbon dioxide emissions.
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Hi Chris and Anne,
I can’t believe that you can send all that information and pictures over here from there. What a wonderful trip you are having. It’s a small world after all.
Have fun and God Bless you two.
Love, Grandma Haak