On the heels of the "No Pressure" climate change propaganda snuff film, more climate alarmist calls for reducing the world population by 2050, this published Tuesday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study offers a novel way to quantify how changes in human population influence the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Brian O'Neill, a scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., was the lead author.
Slowing population: Would it curb climate change?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2010/10/global-warming-overpopulation-climate-change.html
Excerpt: If global population were to grow by less than a billion by midcentury, instead of by more than 2 billion, as expected, it would be the equivalent of cutting as much as 29% of the emissions reductions needed by 2050 to keep the planet from tipping into a warmer, more dangerous zone. By the end of the century, it could cut fossil fuel pollution by 41%.
July 2009: Tie your tubes and save the planet?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2009/07/population-control-global-warming.html
Excerpt: The greenhouse gas impact of an extra child is almost 20 times more significant than the amount any American would save by such practices as driving a fuel-efficient car, recycling or using energy-efficient light bulbs and appliances, according to Paul Murtaugh, an OSU professor of statistics. Under current U.S. consumption patterns, each child ultimately adds about 9,441 metric tons of CO2 to the carbon legacy of an average parent--about 5.7 times a person's lifetime emissions, he calculates.
"Many people are unaware of the power of exponential population growth," Murtaugh said. "Future growth amplifies the consequences of people's reproductive choices, the same way that compound interest amplifies a bank balance."
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2009/07/population-control-global-warming.html
Excerpt: The greenhouse gas impact of an extra child is almost 20 times more significant than the amount any American would save by such practices as driving a fuel-efficient car, recycling or using energy-efficient light bulbs and appliances, according to Paul Murtaugh, an OSU professor of statistics. Under current U.S. consumption patterns, each child ultimately adds about 9,441 metric tons of CO2 to the carbon legacy of an average parent--about 5.7 times a person's lifetime emissions, he calculates.
"Many people are unaware of the power of exponential population growth," Murtaugh said. "Future growth amplifies the consequences of people's reproductive choices, the same way that compound interest amplifies a bank balance."
Nov 2008: Humanity's ever-bigger footprint
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2008/11/overpopulation.html
Excerpt: "Yet our demands continue to escalate, driven by the relentless growth in human population and in individual consumption," he wrote in the report. "Our global footprint now exceeds the world's capacity to regenerate by about 30 percent. If our demands on the planet continue at the same rate, by the mid-2030s, we will need the equivalent of two planets to maintain our lifestyles."
In China, News About Nobel Winner Liu Xiaobo Is Scarce
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20101011/wl_time/08599202475500
Chinese Dissident Liu Xiaobo Wins Nobel Peace Prize
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2024405,00.html?xid=feed-yahoo-full-world-related
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2024405,00.html?xid=feed-yahoo-full-world-related
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