11-13-2017, 06:27 AM
So how, pray tell, does this problem get solved
glindakine,
It's not just a matter of coming up with a solution to a problem, for instance, suggesting:
Reducing consumption will lower CO2 production
Reducing the population will help solve climate change
will not achieve results.
You have to get people to go along with it.
It's difficult to get humans to buy more efficient cars, to turn off lights if they're not in a room, or only buy food they will eat and not throw out half a garbage can of leftovers. To suggest a couple should only have one child would help solve overpopulation if you could get people to go along with it. Yes, China enforced the restriction for a time, but how many other nations have a totalitarian government like they have?
How many pregnant teenagers attend our area high schools without even wanting to increase the earth's population? People cannot be forced into not having children, they don't even seem to know how to stop having them. You can't get them to go along with a few suggestions in the Paris Climate Talks without a wailing and gnashing of teeth.
“Facts fall from the poetic observer as ripe seeds.” -Henry Thoreau
glindakine,
It's not just a matter of coming up with a solution to a problem, for instance, suggesting:
Reducing consumption will lower CO2 production
Reducing the population will help solve climate change
will not achieve results.
You have to get people to go along with it.
It's difficult to get humans to buy more efficient cars, to turn off lights if they're not in a room, or only buy food they will eat and not throw out half a garbage can of leftovers. To suggest a couple should only have one child would help solve overpopulation if you could get people to go along with it. Yes, China enforced the restriction for a time, but how many other nations have a totalitarian government like they have?
How many pregnant teenagers attend our area high schools without even wanting to increase the earth's population? People cannot be forced into not having children, they don't even seem to know how to stop having them. You can't get them to go along with a few suggestions in the Paris Climate Talks without a wailing and gnashing of teeth.
“Facts fall from the poetic observer as ripe seeds.” -Henry Thoreau
"I'm at that stage in life where I stay out of discussions. Even if you say 1+1=5, you're right - have fun." - Keanu Reeves