A Project for a New Global Future » Andrew Revkin http://www.newglobalfuture.com Reducing the human footprint, one life at a time. Mon, 10 May 2010 00:11:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Carbon Credits for Not Having Children? http://www.newglobalfuture.com/2009/11/03/carbon-credits-for-not-having-children/ http://www.newglobalfuture.com/2009/11/03/carbon-credits-for-not-having-children/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:56:11 +0000 Conrad http://www.newglobalfuture.com/?p=240
Andrew Revkin recently discussed a “thought experiment” on his blog at the New York Times where he discussed the idea of getting carbon credits for not having children, since it was discovered that spending money on family planning is about the best way to stop carbon emissions.  It is a simple idea really, one that [...]]]> Andrew Revkin recently discussed a “thought experiment” on his blog at the New York Times where he discussed the idea of getting carbon credits for not having children, since it was discovered that spending money on family planning is about the best way to stop carbon emissions.  It is a simple idea really, one that is not new to us here at NGF, but apparently it drew the ire of Rush Limbaugh who said that Mr. Revkin should go kill himself to help the planet.  The ironic thing is that in trying to offend Andrew, Rush actually supported his idea.  Be it not having a child, or just killing yourself, or even someone else.. the end result is that you make the world a little bit better.

I am not really a fan of Mr. Revkin or Mr. Limbaugh, but I am happy to see that little by little people in the mainstream are catching on to the idea that not having all sorts of children is a good thing, that there are many good reasons to reduce the population instead of constantly trying to grow it.

Here’s to hoping the idea continues to gain ground.

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