Climate Change and Population Control

Back in August of this year I posted a blog on President Obama’s “Science Czar”, John Holdren, and his radical views on population control.  At that time I wrote...

I have a very big problem with Obama's appointment of an individual who, for whatever reason(s), thought that the United States Constitution would allow for forced abortions, forced marriages, large scale sterilization of the population, and an accompanying massive campaign to "de-develop" the United States! Mr. Holdren stated that his previous espoused policies back in 1977 were a result of his being "preocupied" with the problem of population growth in the United States. In light of the Obama administration's continuing grab for power via nationalization of our health care system, I ask the following question...What if Mr. Holdren suddenly becomes preoccupied with "population control" again?

I received numerous emails in response to my posting on Mr. Holdren admonishing me for cloaking Mr. Hldren's radical activist background in a shroud of "conspiracy", contending that Mr. Holdren's radical views on population control could be easily explained by his youthful inexperieince and that in "this day and age", such views would certainly not be enterained.

As recently as this past October, I posted another article regarding the liberal left's fascination with population control when Alex Renton, a writer for Britain's Guardian newspaper, penned a column in this past Sunday's edition advocating population reduction as the only viable means of addressing the planet's alleged limate change poblems.  Mr. Renton tated that...

"The worst thing that you or I can do for the planet is to have children. If they behave as the average person in the rich world does now, they will emit some 11 tonnes of CO² every year of their lives. In their turn, they are likely to have more carbon-emitting children who will make an even bigger mess. If Britain is to meet the government's target of an 80% reduction in our emissions by 2050, we need to start reversing our rising rate of population growth immediately.

And if that makes sense, why not start cutting population everywhere? Are condoms not the greenest technology of all? After all, based on current emissions and life expectancy, one less British child would permit some 30 women in sub-Saharan Africa to have a baby and still leave the planet a cleaner place.

It is certainly true that "fewer people equals a greener planet" is simplistic. In 2050, 95% of the extra population will be poor and the poorer you are, the less carbon you emit. By today's standards, a cull of Australians or Americans would be at least 60 times as productive as one of Bangladeshis."

Once again I received numerous emails describing my concerns in this matter as "crazy", referring to Mr. Renton as a "crackpot" of no significance or credibility.

Are you with me so far?  Everyone thinks Obama's "Science Czar" is harmless and that Britain's Alex Renton is a "crackpot!" and I'm crazy for being concerned about them.  Now follow me closely on this....

Earlier today, Canada's National Post published an article entitled The Real Incovenient Truth which stated...

The "inconvenient truth" overhanging the UN's Copenhagen conference is not that the climate is warming or cooling, but that humans are overpopulating the world.  A planetary law, such as China's one-child policy, is the only way to reverse the disastrous global birthrate currently, which is one million births every four days.

Additionally, the China Daily yesterday published an article wherein China's Vice-Minister of Population and Family Planning finally made the xconnection between the liberal left's advocacy for climate change initiatives and population control.stating...

"Dealing with climate change is not simply an issue of CO2 emission reduction but a comprehensive challenge involving political, economic, social, cultural and ecological issues, and the population concern fits right into the picture..."

Finally, CNN's Jack Cafferty broached the question of population control yesteray with his viewers.

Still think I am crazy?

Peter J. Mahon