Comments on: Ad Campaign to Highlight Effects of Overpopulation http://bobmccarty.com/2008/06/02/ad-campaign-to-highlight-effects-of-overpopulation/ Humor, Politics, Culture & Capitalism @BobMcCarty Sat, 19 May 2012 01:24:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: hotoffthepress2 http://bobmccarty.com/2008/06/02/ad-campaign-to-highlight-effects-of-overpopulation/comment-page-1/#comment-6802 hotoffthepress2 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:01:09 +0000 http://bobmccarty.com/?p=3228#comment-6802 Nathaniel -- Perhaps, it would have helped if I had inserted three words -- "of Illegal Immigrants" -- to the end of the headline. There was, however, not enough room. Nathaniel — Perhaps, it would have helped if I had inserted three words — “of Illegal Immigrants” — to the end of the headline. There was, however, not enough room.

]]> By: Nathaniel http://bobmccarty.com/2008/06/02/ad-campaign-to-highlight-effects-of-overpopulation/comment-page-1/#comment-6801 Nathaniel Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:57:49 +0000 http://bobmccarty.com/?p=3228#comment-6801 I think you missed the point. Looking at the road filled with gridlocked automobiles I saw machines-not people. This is important because I would argue our energy use is attached not to population size but to economic size. Our economies need to use energy to power factories, office complexes, and a number of different forms of transportation. Cut down on the size of the economy or amount of energy that economy uses to exist and you may see a fall in the amount of energy used (hopefully a in pollution generated too). Focusing on population rather than the economy leads to a China-like effect where the number of children born each year falls ("1 child policy") while the amount of energy used and pollution generated each year grows. Thus you fail to save the planet. I think you missed the point. Looking at the road filled with gridlocked automobiles I saw machines-not people.

This is important because I would argue our energy use is attached not to population size but to economic size. Our economies need to use energy to power factories, office complexes, and a number of different forms of transportation.

Cut down on the size of the economy or amount of energy that economy uses to exist and you may see a fall in the amount of energy used (hopefully a in pollution generated too).

Focusing on population rather than the economy leads to a China-like effect where the number of children born each year falls (“1 child policy”) while the amount of energy used and pollution generated each year grows. Thus you fail to save the planet.

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