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Originally Posted by SomeRandomGuy  I have a friend who considers herself an environmentalist, and is getting ready to try getting pregnant with her second child. As a man, I realize that I can never really understand the complexities of this issue.
I would like to ask the mothers out there, how do you reconcile with desire to have children (or have more children) with the impact that over-population has on our environment?
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I'm not a female, let alone a mother, but I'd just like to address your concern with over-population.
From your question I understand your concern is the impact over-population has on the environment, and how do women cancel out the negative that them having another child has on the environment.
Some say give a donation to certain "green" charities and foundations. Others have said living a "green" lifestyle would be enough to reconcile for another child.
My concern is simply that of over-population and is what I will address.
Is this concern in over-population US based only?
Because if it is, then I understand that concern.
Otherwise, in most parts of the world population is decreasing.
I have a feeling when you say "over-population" you're referring to world over-population, in which case your concerns don't come from a real problem - but more from an illusion of US political figures, as population is decreasing almost everywhere except the US - and that's due to our immigration laws.
In a global perspective none of you have anything to worry about. We just need to spread ourselves around the globe more efficiently.
Global over-population will become a problem, but no time soon.
And when it does, we just have to limit the amount of children per household like in China.
Again, this is no time soon.
Whether or not limiting the amount of children one can have per household is right, wrong, or immoral . . . it
is a solution.
If your concerns were US based, then kindly disregard my argument.
I saw you challenge someone on the facts of over-population and asked for some links.
Here's an excellent source to prove over-population in the World as a whole does not exist.
Overpopulation: Myths, Facts, and Politics
And here's a little snippet of what is actually truth,
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Over the years many researchers have authentically proved that the problem is not too many people at all. Contrary to the claims of family planning and population control specialists, world population growth is rapidly declining. United Nations figures show that the 79 countries that comprise 40 percent of the world's population now have fertility rates too low to prevent population decline. The rate in Asia fell from 2.4 in 1965-70 to 1.5 in 1990-95. In Latin America and the Caribbean, the rate fell from 2.75 in 1960-65 to 1.70 in 1990-95. In Europe, the rate fell to 0.16 - that is, effectively zero - in 1990-95. And the annual rate of change in world population fell from 2 percent in 1965-70 to less than 1.5 percent in 1990-95. Official forecasts of eventual world population size have been steadily falling. In 1992-93, the World Bank predicted world population would exceed 10 billion by the year 2050. In 1996, the U.N. predicted 9 billion for 2050. If the trend continues, the next estimate will be lower still.
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I'd be more than willing to debate this with you.