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Date Posted: 09:18:41 05/09/07 Wed In reply to: sci guy 's message, "wait a minute..." on 19:19:58 05/08/07 Tue You have to stop breathing and eating too! >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/0,23599,21684156-50 >0 >>9760,00.html">http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,216 >8 >>4156-5009760,00.html [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |