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May 7, 2007

And You Thought Sheryl Crow's Eco-bizarre Was Bizarre?

Topics: General Science

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David Thompson has it that readers will be relieved to hear that the green think tank, the Optimum Population Trust, has identified a solution to a new and pressing environmental menace, namely human reproduction. An OPT briefing paper, A Population-Based Climate Strategy, argues that couples having two children instead of three would reduce that family's carbon dioxide output by the "equivalent of 620 return flights a year between London and New York." The paper regards continued population growth as a "failure of courage and leadership" and mulls, albeit hesitantly, on the need for "intervention by the state... in individual freedoms for the foreseeable future."

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Posted by Richard at May 7, 2007 9:10 AM

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Posted by: Ben at May 7, 2007 3:32 PM

Posted by: Richard at May 7, 2007 5:47 PM

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