Rising consumption today is a far bigger threat to the environment than a rising head count. And most of that extra consumption is still happening in rich countries that have long since given up growing their populations.
Virtually all of the remaining population growth is in the poor world, and the poor half of the planet is only responsible for 7 percent of carbon emissions.
The carbon emissions of one American today are equivalent to those of around four Chinese, 20 Indians, 40 Nigerians, or 250 Ethiopians. How dare rich-world greens blame the poor world for the planet’s perils?
Some greens need to take a long, hard look at themselves. They should remember where some of their ideas came from.
And where they lead. According to this source, repatriating just 14,000 of our Ethiopians could offset the C02 footprint of 4.54 million. If we tossed in the Sri Lankans, we could have our light bulbs back.
So, that population bomb stuff turned out to be a bust, after all. It’s not that you are, but what you are. But, never you mind – they’re right about everything else!
Via.
The left should of course want to ban all immigration.
Our unsustainable (evil?) lifestyle is what gives us time to sit around and worry about our lifestyle.
If the green’s premise is correct then our way of life is unsustainable. Of course its easy to say that now that you have your suburb house, fresh food year round, life expectancy twice as long as the sustainable level, have a 99% chance their kids will live past 5, blah blah blah. But of course those aren’t things we should strive for and hope to give others.
The betterment of our fellow man is evil, in the eyes of the greens. But to me wanting to prevent the betterment of your fellow man is pretty evil.
Expatriation from Toronto also would help.
I like this – O. Henry
Interesting to note that the highest “carbom footprints are Kuwait, Bahrain, the Gulf emirates.
That the high prints are generally north of the Tropic of Cancer or south of the Tropic of Capricorn.
A resident of Mali or Shri Lanka only needs energy for cooking.
The simple fact that “carbon footprints” are irrelevant leftist BS is beside the point.
The inconvenient truth that CO2 AGW is a leftist myth, based on sci-fi computer models, UHI effects upon temp records and just plain fiction, for the sole purpose of enriching individuals like Gore, Fruitfly, and “choo choo” Pauchari.
Solution: Cap’n Babe
I recommend an international treaty demanding a tax per/head on new (what do they call them?)”mouth breathers” for countries with more developed populations payed to countries like Canada with less developed populations. Not only would this reduce the birthrate of the “developed nations” it would also make things FAIR for countries like Canada. After all, don’t WE have a right?
“The left should of course want to ban all immigration.”
They don’t know what they want; they just know they really, really want it now.
“Just enough of me; far too much of you.”
– P.J. O’Rourke
Bily Connolly:
“We want this, and that! We demand a share in that, and most of that! Some of this, and f*cking all of that! Less of that, and more of this, and f*cking plenty of this.
And another thing, we want it now, I want it yesterday, I want f*cking more tomorrow, and the demands will all be changed then, so f*cking stay awake!”
From the comments section of that item:
“Basically, we need to work on how to keep the standard of living up while consuming less.”
So, all the benefits of the consumer society we have now but with less consumption.
Is it me or am I missing something here?
It’s the same doomsday story told over and over. The more black or Asian you are, the more YOU pollute the planet. Really? Now we have selfishness in the mix.
If these doomsday nutbars want to help, they can go to Calcutta and help alleviate poverty there. They can boycott China, the evil octopus. They can get rid of tyrants like Mugabe. Rolling up one’s sleeves and digging wells or simply not supporting dictatorships helps, not throwing condoms at the Africans.
Just my quick thoughts.
Imagine the carbon credits that would flow from sealing the Mexican border.
In Africa you can have Free Inoculations. A little medicine. A little sterilization.
Push abortion like its the savior of the World, indeed IGGY the liberal wanted an emergency World abortion response team. In Africa.
Every Wealthy Country on the Planet can’t send enough condoms to Africa. They feel compelled as in an instinct.
Turn our excess food that went to this continent into inefficient fuel. Thus 85 million Africans die.
Ban a substance in the name of an Environmental bogus report by a lone nut. That kills even more people, & stops Malaria from being eliminated from this lost land . Africans Have had the only Countries that where producers destroyed for Political leftist ideology.
No acknowledgement of the Religious war being brought to most of this area by a war of extermination by Muslims.
Ignored by the west, particularly socialists.
A part of the Earth being systematically looted as well.
Gee if I was African I would think the World hates me.
JMO
Its a pattern all right of mass murder.
Ok, I can’t help myself, how many Ethiopians can you get in a Volkswagen ?
A: All of them.
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Much better than trading for carbon credits!
Those 7% better start saving as the worlds biggest carbon emiters are dying off.Its like the veterns of the second world war who were called the greatest generation,these emiters are the people that supply the AID to those 7%.
Greenie-ism is a death cult. ‘Nuff said.
Rising consumption is not a problem as long as it goes hand in hand with rising production. And for that you need capitalism.
All of these alleged concerns about consumption are trial balloons designed to get people in well-off countries used to the idea of deprivation, which will follow once full-fledged socialism is imposed on them.
I’ll repeat Ayn Rand’s comment once again: “The socialists used to claim that when their system took over, everyone would have shoes. When they discovered the truth, they decided it was preferable to go barefoot.”
Really interesting website, that NationMaster.com. If you know someone who’s Persian you aren’t surprised that the Persian nations have the highest per capita emissions…they have a huge GDP per capita, not to mention that oil and gas are their only real economy, and they have one of the worst water availabilities in the world..they have to desalinate their water…which they use like it’s going out of style.
“Ban a substance in the name of an Environmental bogus report by a lone nut. That kills even more people, & stops Malaria from being eliminated from this lost land”
Spraying DDT is not an effective long term solution for control of malaria…mosquitoes breed constantly and so you can’t apply it often enough, logistically, to control population enough. It’s long term use also leads to the development of resistance. Pesticide laced nets for windows, beds are much more ingenious and effective. Africa also needs a whole hell of a lot more than a cheap pesticide.
“Rising consumption is not a problem as long as it goes hand in hand with rising production. And for that you need capitalism.”
I disagree, rising consumption requires rising technology, and for that you need capitalism because capitalism allows and encourages individual freedom and rights, which promotes creativity, ingenuity, ideas, happiness, self-motivation, entrepreneurship, etc.
“Spraying DDT is not an effective long term solution for control of malaria…mosquitoes breed constantly and so you can’t apply it often enough, logistically, to control population enough”
Malaria – Cuba
“Malaria – Cuba”
In AFRICA, DDT is not a very effective choice..mosquitoes in that climate all the time. In Cuba DDT was not the main reason for Cuba’s success in combating malaria. It is a cheap, old technology and definitely not a magic bullet.