Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 04/22/2009 - 12:37.
Very true, the planet is simply not large enough for all of us, having all the stuff at the same time. I can only think it is pretty irresponsbile for ONE couple to put that many more humans on the face of the earth (families of 8, 10, or even up to 16-18 kids). Sex is fun, good, and necessary for human sanity, but it does not need to result in the size of "litters" more approrpiate for rats.
Wife and I elected not to have any kids, but instead take in unwanted felines and canines. We are very happy with that, just as I think the parents of these huge families are. I do not condemn them, but they ought to think before putting that many (extra) faces on the planet, and the general population need to stop their fascination of these large families. Maybe "octomum" after all did something good by allowing people to focus on familes that are just too large.
As for global warming, humanly impacted or not, I still drive a large SUV, but do walk and bike as much as I can. I turn off lights, and try to burn as much wood as I can to heat the house (not necessarily always good, but still better than buying fuel oil). In order to reduce the needed heating, house has been insulated to European standards (or quality), design is so that large windwos allow for the witner sun to heat it up, while allowing large trees to provide shadow over these same windows in the summer. This is not rocket science, but how houses have been built/located for centuries. Next project will be to build a "solar collector" on the roof (metal) in order to be able to utilze the heat "generated" up there. Houses in large portions of the US can actually, with smart design, be pretty sulfsustaining. There are day care centers in Northern Europe (cold climate) that works without ANY additional heating (apart from what is produced by kids, staff, lights). There's no reason we could not do the same here in our - mostly - milder and more temepred climate (and I am then even thinking about WY, MT, NE, etc).
Very true - Overpopulation is a huge part of the problem!
Very true, the planet is simply not large enough for all of us, having all the stuff at the same time. I can only think it is pretty irresponsbile for ONE couple to put that many more humans on the face of the earth (families of 8, 10, or even up to 16-18 kids). Sex is fun, good, and necessary for human sanity, but it does not need to result in the size of "litters" more approrpiate for rats.
Wife and I elected not to have any kids, but instead take in unwanted felines and canines. We are very happy with that, just as I think the parents of these huge families are. I do not condemn them, but they ought to think before putting that many (extra) faces on the planet, and the general population need to stop their fascination of these large families. Maybe "octomum" after all did something good by allowing people to focus on familes that are just too large.
As for global warming, humanly impacted or not, I still drive a large SUV, but do walk and bike as much as I can. I turn off lights, and try to burn as much wood as I can to heat the house (not necessarily always good, but still better than buying fuel oil). In order to reduce the needed heating, house has been insulated to European standards (or quality), design is so that large windwos allow for the witner sun to heat it up, while allowing large trees to provide shadow over these same windows in the summer. This is not rocket science, but how houses have been built/located for centuries. Next project will be to build a "solar collector" on the roof (metal) in order to be able to utilze the heat "generated" up there. Houses in large portions of the US can actually, with smart design, be pretty sulfsustaining. There are day care centers in Northern Europe (cold climate) that works without ANY additional heating (apart from what is produced by kids, staff, lights). There's no reason we could not do the same here in our - mostly - milder and more temepred climate (and I am then even thinking about WY, MT, NE, etc).