When the Last Tree Is Cut Down..........

[George2Loose]

We are talking as if we have a right to be here forever. Preventative measures will only work for so long. We are like any other species- eventually we won't exist

[RED-DOG]

It seems that 1.5% of all births in the UK are as a result of IVF and it is rising, so it is not an infinitesimal amount.

And those are the people we should prevent from having children?

So you would prefer it if we just sterilised the stupid and the uncaring? Or sterilise their offspring when they are born?

It is a massive problem that no one is acknowledging. I think there should certainly be less emphasis on fertility at this moment in time.

No. Of course I wouldn't, and I would like to point out that those are your words and thoughts, not mine.

I would rather we didn't sterilise anyone, but if we were to, I would rather it be perhaps someone who has half a dozen children already than someone who is desperate for just one.

[MintTrav]

I understand that there is an environmental point being made, but I'm not clear what it is and I don't understand some of the photos posted. Aren't the oilfield, mines, glasshouses essentially just factories. Most factories are not very pretty. Is the OP saying that those facilities should be closed? Don't we need the stuff they produce? I would understand the point better if the OP commented on each picture and said what he objected to. I assume these are just examples and he wants them and similar facilities to be closed? What would then happen? Does he want us to do without the oil, fruit, etc being produced?

I can't even guess what the point is regarding the photos of the cities. They are too big?

[mulhuzz]

Dear Sirs,

The wonderful solution proposed in last week's paper by Outraged of Puntsville, Arizona causes me some concerns in its reach. Whilst a good start, it doesn't go far enough. In addition to sterilising the criminals, what about the Jews, the Gypsies and the Gay?

The programme also doesn't stop the problem of those who have already been born. They contribute to the population growth far more than the unborn kids in an IVF program.

Also, in also to economise on future savings, allow anyone to have any number of children, but refuse them vaccinations and medical treatment, then they'll all die naturally and we won't have any population to speak of.

Problem solved.

Yours eugenically.

Adolf

[AndrewT]

Of course, there is a guaranteed much better answer to the problem.

[bigjay]

It has only been less than 100 years since Spanish Flu wiped out nearly 5% of the worlds population , Black Death did about a third of the global population in the Middle Ages , only a matter of time before the next one restores the balance to the human infestation of the planet

[david3103]

I understand that there is an environmental point being made, but I'm not clear what it is and I don't understand some of the photos posted. Aren't the oilfield, mines, glasshouses essentially just factories. Most factories are not very pretty. Is the OP saying that those facilities should be closed? Don't we need the stuff they produce? I would understand the point better if the OP commented on each picture and said what he objected to. I assume these are just examples and he wants them and similar facilities to be closed? What would then happen? Does he want us to do without the oil, fruit, etc being produced?

I can't even guess what the point is regarding the photos of the cities. They are too big?

 

Especially the request for some comment on the pictures, along with some source references. A significant amount of the news reports about the state of our planet come from sources with a vested interest in the continuing development of low-efficiency, high-subsidy energy sources.

[Waz1892]

It has only been less than 100 years since Spanish Flu wiped out nearly 5% of the worlds population , Black Death did about a third of the global population in the Middle Ages , only a matter of time before the next one restores the balance to the human infestation of the planet

I get the logic, but hasnt modern medicine and modern tech mean that whatever comes up we have decent chance of catching it earlier and constraining it better in those days as we develop the anti-virus etc.

[Marky147]

It has only been less than 100 years since Spanish Flu wiped out nearly 5% of the worlds population , Black Death did about a third of the global population in the Middle Ages , only a matter of time before the next one restores the balance to the human infestation of the planet

I get the logic, but hasnt modern medicine and modern tech mean that whatever comes up we have decent chance of catching it earlier and constraining it better in those days as we develop the anti-virus etc.

Would be nice if they could get a move on with the things that are already known about

[Waz1892]

It has only been less than 100 years since Spanish Flu wiped out nearly 5% of the worlds population , Black Death did about a third of the global population in the Middle Ages , only a matter of time before the next one restores the balance to the human infestation of the planet

I get the logic, but hasnt modern medicine and modern tech mean that whatever comes up we have decent chance of catching it earlier and constraining it better in those days as we develop the anti-virus etc.

Would be nice if they could get a move on with the things that are already known about

OK, i was meaning more epidemics. Bird flu, ebola etc. 100years ago they'd both had been a lot worse than they were/are