The Erhlich's argument, is that we can decide what that something is, and by far the most agreeable choice is to voluntarily reduce reproductive rates to at or below replacement levels in all countries. The earth can simply not provide enough (water, food, clean living places) for everyone that will be here in the next millenia, unless something happens. Not that you shouldn't continue to be environmentally conscious, but be aware of the energy & resources you use, try to use less, and be aware that more Americans means a much greater strain on the world than more Africans, or more Indians, or more Mexicans. Unless you live on a farm, grow/raise all of your own food, do not use gasoline or the grid for energy, and you make your own clothing & necessities from the items you grow or hunt, you are still using more energy & resources than the majority of the rest of the world. And lest you think as a person whose mantra is reduce, reuse, recycle, that you are above all of this, Americans have one of the largest environmental footprints in the world. For, in case anyone forgot, if the earth ceases to be a hospitable place for humans, we will all die - no if's and's or but's.Īnd at this time, we are doing a pretty bang-up job in our never-ending quest to use up the earth's resources with very little care in preserving it in comparison.
As well as proponents for the earth, which we make our home. They are proponents rather, of improved conditions for all humans health, education, nourishment (diet), equal rights, etc.
They do not attempt to say that they know when, where or how this precisely will occur, but rather make several reasonable suggestions for possible atrocites, as well as leave the door open for other possiblities that are as of yet, unknown to man. The authors are in no way in favor of any disease or atrocity wiping large numbers of people from earth, they are rather stating that if the human population continues to grow, such an event is inevitable. First, I have read many comments elsewhere online penned by people attacking the Erhlichs, who have obviously not read their books or listened to them speak.
0 kommentar(er)
