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Politics : The Environmentalist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Pogeu Mahone who wrote (36255)	2/2/2019 11:19:45 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 36917

"Population controls must be adopted world wide to get back to 1 billion people on this planet to be sustainable" That might work over a period of 100 years, which is too slow, or in a 30 minute nuclear war, which is too fast.

To: Pogeu Mahone who wrote (36255)	2/3/2019 10:30:59 AM
From: Land Shark	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36917

I’m not. Population growth is primarily in third world countries... there education, a general rise in the standard of living and birth control would stem this. Unfortunately societal norms and religion are stemming this evolving quickly. Draconian measures such as China’s one child policy don’t work (or at least long term they don’t). As Rat said, we need mitigation solutions to climate change urgently... that means a revolutionary decarbonizing of the world economy. What I advocate, is let the market drive it using carbon pricing/cap & trade. We need global trade treaties imposing penalties on pollution. All this being said, the outlook doesn’t look good but that doesn’t mean we don’t push for change.