Maybe We Need To Start Thinking Of This

A scientific group came out last week and suggested in a cold scientific way that population control might be a good idea. Of course they were demonized with TV packages showing cute babies and wonderful playing family frolicing. Religious groups denounced it as against God's Will (apparently God has them on speed-dial) with answers that science and/or God will take care of us. I say bullshit to all of that. It's a horribly unpopular thought, but maybe we're at a "tipping point" with natural resources and municipal infrastructures. Carl Sagan was quoted wisely saying that one of the biggest issues facing humanity is the fact that it is a majority of the poor and uneducated doing all the procreating on earth. Yeah, bleeding heart emotionalists will decry that it's cold and hard to deny people their God-given or natural inclination to produce offspring and maybe it has a sliver of truth to it.
But we've already seen the harm that idiots can wreck upon a culture (the Clinton & Bush administrations) and adding to the already plentiful supply of morons seems excessive to say the least. The Chinese have practiced population control, but that was to produce millions of horny angry future soldiers. We need a viable, but government-less natural option to decrease the supply of idiots. No, I haven't got an answer. But if this piques your interest, go to the population connection website and read up there. they've got a list of reasons why we need to be careful about unchecked population growth.

POPULATION SHIFT


“Sometime this year, for the first time in history,” our Chris Mayer told us, “more people will live in cities than not.”
The Economist recently estimated that in less than 10 years, the world will have almost 500 cities with more than 1 million inhabitants -- by 2020, nine cities will have more than 20 million souls.
“This trend has an impact on global demand for infrastructure,” said Chris. “We’ll need lots more of the arteries and bone structures of cities -- roads, railways, air and marine ports, water and wastewater systems, power grids, housing, schools, hospitals and more. It also means finding ways to deal with pollution and growing slums.”
Some of the world’s largest cities are already feeling the sting of inadequate infrastructure: In Shanghai, only three-fifths of the population lives in buildings connected to sewers. In Jakarta, only 3% of the population has access to main drains.
“These are problems that need solutions. Companies providing them should have years of good business ahead of them.”