Resource consumption in the West (mostly the U.S.) has to be reduced, for it is far out of pace with the rest of the world. But even this won't be enough. In the long run (which could be as short as a few decades) we will need to reduce the world's population somehow. I recognize that the industrialized nations (including Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore as well as the U.S., E.U., Aus., etc.) have a tendency to reduce their own population growth when the middle class achieves a standard of living and educational level that makes child bearing less attractive to women (and men). But the rest of the world may never achieve this quality of life. How can we not only slow, but also reverse, the world's population growth trend?
(I wish I could post this in multiple categories at once).
2007-03-28
09:34:42
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doubt_is_freedom
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