Two children should be limit, says green guru

The Times Online ^ | 1 Feb 2009 | Sarah-Kate Templeton

[Erik Latranyi]

COUPLES who have more than two children are being “irresponsible” by creating an unbearable burden on the environment, the government’s green adviser has warned.

Jonathon Porritt, who chairs the government’s Sustainable Development Commission, says curbing population growth through contraception and abortion must be at the heart of policies to fight global warming. He says political leaders and green campaigners should stop dodging the issue of environmental harm caused by an expanding population.

A report by the commission, to be published next month, will say that governments must reduce population growth through better family planning.

[bert]

Green Garu’s should be drawn and quartered with heads on pikes

[vladimir998]

You wrote:

“I have eleven children - two married, nine still at home, all homeschooled. Between the two married children, there are eight grandchildren, so far.”

Awesome!

Large families were meant to be the norm.

[Post Toasties]

What a joke. They’re bringing in Muslims who breed like rabbits by the shipload, and this clown has the gall to say this with a straight face.

[aruanan]

COUPLES who have more than two children are being “irresponsible” by creating an unbearable burden on the environment

Actually a growing number of childless couples or couples without more than two children are creating the burden. Since a certain number of children are required to replace the population, if the children are being raised in a large family, there is actually less spent per child because more live a single home. Economy of scale. The requirement should be that all childless couples or single people who are so because they are "green" should be required to share expenses in a group home consisting of no less than 6 people so that valuable resources don't get used up making so many houses for childless couples.

[Northern Yankee]

These people are playing God.

He is not amused.

[Tax-chick]

Another of these loony Brits. What’s creepy is that so many of them have official positions in their government. I suppose they’re in ours, too ... but at least we have guns.

[ridesthemiles]

She can start with herself...

Another example of Liberals: They have ALL the ideas-—about how OTHERS should live their lives!

[Citizen Tom Paine]

How does one get to be a Guru?

[nevergore]

I have four kids.....

I also idle my SUV excessively with the air-conditioner on......

Sometimes I just get in my car in the driveway, and let it idle for hours for no apparent reason....

I’m now public enemy #1......

If they (the Greenies) want a reduction in the population...then how about....

A legal hunt for the Greenies?

If so, what would be the bag limit?

[LibLieSlayer]

muzzies in England can have 14,753 chillins each... but whitey must stop at 2.

LLS

[The Great RJ]

This guy must have just found a copy of Paul Ehrlich's 1968 book that predicted we would all be dead by starvation and riots by the year 2000. Same crap different year.

[macrahanish #1]

He hasn’t forgotten the adage. Those who are deemed to be the right sort of people(libs+Muslims)will be given passes.

[Arrowhead1952]

The welfare crowd won’t like this news.

“Women and minorities hardest hit!!!”

[grey_whiskers]

i thought I'd find you here.

I won't say "keep up the good work" since I figure you've already acheived emeritus status.

Cheers!

[Tax-chick]

I got a ping from one of my NC Forum FRiends. Unfortunately for North Carolina, I can’t have children fast enough to offset the immigration of liberal Yanks!

[MassRepublican]

Watch the DVD “Demographic Winter” and you will know with the sociologists and economists who put it tegether, that our huge problem in the next 40 years will be a big decline in the percentage of the younger age groups. Population is increasing for the next few decades only becasue the older folks are living longer. As one Harvard commentator said in the movie “It is not that we are reproducing like rabbits, it is that we are not dying like flies.” When the population over 60 expands and the population of workers to support them declines, we will be in for some rocky social-economic times. Why do you think Russia, Italy, France, Sweden, Japan and other countries are trying desperately to increase the number of babies born? Green issues decline in popularity in the face of economic hardship. If the greens were truly interested in promoting their cause, they would champion more children to stabilize economies. Like so many issues that the greens promote, there is little reasoning and excess emotion.

[trooprally]

Future reference

[alexander_busek]

Imagine the gaul [...]!

"All Gaul is divided into three parts..." - Julius Caesar

Or do you mean gall (outrageous insolence; effrontery)?

Regards,

[WildWeasel]

Green guru doesn’t realize socialist governments will collapse if families limit children to two and population is stagnant or decreases. Socialist Europe is already facing this crisis and limiting children per family would just accelerate it.

This is good for freedom loving people, but bad for greenies who make NAZI’s look weak in comparison.

[FelixFelicis]

I can see the promotional slogans now: “Your U.S. Government: Still Slightly More Lenient Than Red China.”