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Date Posted: 19:19:58 05/08/07 Tue In reply to: Oropan 's message, "Children 'bad for planet'" on 12:04:11 05/07/07 Mon The paper by the Optimum Population Trust will say that if couples had two children instead of three they could cut their family's carbon dioxide output by the equivalent of 620 return flights a year between London and New York. so one person uses up roughly 2 long haul flights a day as their carbon footprint? Hell, we should ALL fly every day! With my lights all off, the heating turned way down, i'm doing the world a FAVOUR by flying to Europe! >Children 'bad for planet'By Sarah-Kate Templeton in >London >May 07, 2007 12:00am >Article from: Font size: + - >Send this article: Print Email >HAVING large families should be frowned upon as an >environmental misdemeanour in the same way as frequent >long-haul flights, driving a big car and failing to >reuse plastic bags, says a report to be published >today by a green think tank. > >The paper by the Optimum Population Trust will say >that if couples had two children instead of three they >could cut their family's carbon dioxide output by the >equivalent of 620 return flights a year between London >and New York. > > >John Guillebaud, co-chairman of OPT and emeritus >professor of family planning at University College >London, said: "The effect on the planet of having one >child less is an order of magnitude greater than all >these other things we might do, such as switching off >lights. > >"The greatest thing anyone in Britain could do to help >the future of the planet would be to have one less >child." > >In his latest comments, the academic says that when >couples are planning a family they should be >encouraged to think about the environmental >consequences. > >"The decision to have children should be seen as a >very big one and one that should take the environment >into account," he added. > >Professor Guillebaud says that, as a general >guideline, couples should produce no more than two >offspring. > >The world's population is expected to increase by 2.5 >billion to 9.2 billion by 2050. Almost all the growth >will take place in developing countries. > >The population of developed nations is expected to >remain unchanged and would have declined but for >migration. > >The British fertility rate is 1.7. The EU average is >1.5. Despite this, Professor Guillebaud says rich >countries should be the most concerned about family >size as their children have higher per capita carbon >dioxide emissions. > >The Sunday Times > > >href="http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21684156-500 >9760,00.html">http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,2168 >4156-5009760,00.html [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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