It's Too Hot to Have Babies!

World Magazine (featured in the November edition) uncovers an article debasing procreation because of carbon emissions. Apparently, Holdren (scientist, and author) has decided to speak up about worldwide population issues. The Climate Change Conference, that is to be taking place in December of this year, has population control on their docket for a solution to global warming. Insanity if you ask me. Advocates of this theory are saying that having an "extra child" is causing additional unneeded, (and apparently world-ruining) carbon emissions. According to a study from the University of Oregon, "every child adds about 9,441 metric tons of carbon dioxide to the "carbon legacy" of the average female." Even if this carbon footprint issue was a problem (which I think is hogwash), these statistics are assuming that people aren't capable of ever solving the "problem," and also they are assuming that greenhouse gases are going to remain constant, which science has already disproved. The article goes on to disprove this idea that population is causing this "global warming" phenomenon. For example, Russia, Japan, and China alike have all drastically decreased in population size. But it's causing problems for these countries because the shrinking population of youth is significantly smaller than the population of the elderly (which the youth will be supporting). Japan's government is even "offering parents 3,300 for each new child each year until the child turns 15." As for me, if population control becomes restrictive in this country, which it won't, BUT if it does, I'm moving to Japan to collect my 19,800 a year. Maybe I'll get more bang for my buck there too since the Japanese yen is currently worth more than the American dollar... but that's a story for another blog. ;)