[at-l] musings on wind farms, the Trail, mankind and such

[jbullar1 at twcny.rr.com (Jim Bullard)]

You are the one suggesting those things, Bryan, not I. I was merely 
suggesting that thoughtful people might consider whether there were 
alternatives to unrestrained growth.

At 02:52 PM 7/14/2004 -0400, J Bryan Kramer wrote:
>I think if you examine US population growth then you see that the native
>population growth is low and most of the expansion comes from immigration
>and immigrant reproduction. So I assume that means that you are fully in
>favor of expelling all non-native born inhabitants in order to reduce
>growth. We could mobilize the military to conduct house by house searches
>for the wetbacks. High tech minefields on the borders might discourage
>re-introduction of the pests too.
>
>The other major factor not mentioned is the exponental resource use growth
>in the third world, especially China and India. So you must be in favor of
>premptive strikes, maybe by tailored biowar organisms, to knock back the
>populations of these areas.
>
>China and India are one major reason that the idiotic Kyoto plan was dead
>from the start since they were not limited by that treaty. Its so
>unreasonable that they expect to bring their living standards up to first
>world levels.
>
>Bryan
>
>  Lex et Libertas -- Semper Vigilo, Paratus, et Fidelis!
>
> > Despite this bow to basic science and the limits of resources the author
> > goes on to suggest that the solution to the demands of continued
> > growth is
> > through solar power, nuclear power and cooperative sharing of the
> > remaining
> > resources. It does not seem to occur to him that perhaps we are
> > at a point
> > where we should be considering ways to limit our growth rather than wait
> > until a crisis forces it upon us.