Re: Overpopulation: Treading on a taboo
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>"Robert of St Louis" <free....@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>On Jun 7, 11:18 am, martin.secrest...@gmail.com wrote:
>> On Jun 7, 8:53 am, "f. barnes" <fre...@centurytel.net> wrote:
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>> >http://www.populationpress.org/publication/2008-3-hart.html
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>> > by Jack Hart
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>> > A strange taboo keeps us from talking about the actual cause of global
>> > warming and a deadly smorgasbord of other environmental problems. In
>> > this supposedly plain-talking era, a former presidential candidate
>> > will tell us how Viagra cured his ED, but hardly anybody will talk
>> > about what's trashing the Earth. Erectile dysfunction's a bummer. But
>> > the fate of our planet is a little more worrisome.
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>> > The taboo afflicts most media, including this newspaper. The
>> > Oregonian's Earth Day editorial urged support for politicians who back
>> > energy-efficient buildings, wind power, public transportation and so
>> > on. Everything but population control.
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>> > Leaving out the key ingredient can be downright misleading. A March 29
>>> > headline read, "Portland lessens its 'carbon footprint.' " But
>.> > Portland did no such thing. Portlanders may have indeed reduced their
>>> > per-capita driving by 5% over five years, as the story reported, but
>>> > the metro area's population grew by 8% over the same period. The
>>> > number of vehicles registered in Multnomah County has increased 45%
>>> > since 1990. You do the math.
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>>> > [This is just commonsense. Why won't people admit what the real cause
>>> > of man-made global warming is? Overpopulation is the root cause of
>>> > most of the world's problem's, but somehow talking about that clear
>>> > and obvious fact has become taboo. It's really weird.]
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>>> It is a world-wide problem but the USA continues to admit about 1
>>> million legal
>>> immigrants a year. Total insanity.
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>>> Martin
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>>. http://www.numbersusa.com/ Numbers USA- Hide quoted text -
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And America keeps welcoming 1 million legal immigrants a year.
Insanity.
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