talk.environment

On Aug 31, 6:58 am, Talk-n-Dog wrote:
> simple_langu...@yahoo.com wrote:
> > source:http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSL3047203920070830?...
>
> > China, which rejects criticism that it is doing too little to confront
> > climate change, says that its population is now 1.3 billion against
> > 1.6 billion if it had not imposed tough birth control measures in the
> > late 1970s.
>
> > The number of births avoided equals the entire population of the
> > United States. Beijing says that fewer people means less demand for
> > energy and lower emissions of heat-trapping gases from burning fossil
> > fuels.
>
> I see, NOW a human life has been reduced to a carbon unit...
>


I guess we should all just slit our wrists for the environment.
Alarmists, you go first.