tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post1209967226143957599..comments2024-03-18T17:28:44.693-07:00Comments on Rondam Ramblings: The elephant in the environmentalist living roomRonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11752242624438232184noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-35549403039567876572007-09-13T11:30:00.000-07:002007-09-13T11:30:00.000-07:00The higher the quality of life, the lower the birt...The higher the quality of life, the lower the birth rate. There are other ways to reduce the birth rate (Russia) but if people are waiting to have children until later in life because of career and other goals, they have fewer children. The population of the US and Western Europe would be shrinking if not for immigration.<BR/><BR/>If we can get everyone thinking and individually behaving like Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04542429248250354121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-11963670720246192182007-09-13T11:02:00.000-07:002007-09-13T11:02:00.000-07:00So what do you suggest?So what do you suggest?Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14719368822663798864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-16839066537360395032007-09-13T08:50:00.000-07:002007-09-13T08:50:00.000-07:00This whole argument includes a nasty little assump...This whole argument includes a nasty little assumption: that genes don't matter for intelligence, for personality, for anything of import. Which is the big argument that gets me steamed at liberals (GWB and religion get me steamed at conservatives).<BR/><BR/>If all of the smart, intelligent, caring people voluntarily limit themselves to one child apiece, then we're leaving the world to the Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04542429248250354121noreply@blogger.com