Display MoreYou bleating on for ages about population size: me too!
It's like the elephant in the room
I bet he didn't offer the solutions:
Family size upper limit
Cap on child benefits above that number
Tax increase to reflect increased cost of public services
Incentives for birth control
Aids to Third World Countries based on compulsory vasectomies
Exceptions or extensions to upper-limit based on wealth/means/IQ
Or Did David Attenborough think the details would all be sorted out by the tooth fairy?!
It was a passing comment, and just part of his speech. At this moment in time restricting births in countries other than the third world won't work, as the problem lies at the top end. Sorry, but we are surviving to long, and society thinks it's a good idea. If we managed to reduce the survival age, we could then consider restrictions on births. China had a one child policy, but had to increase it to two because of the age imbalance. Of course, if we managed to reduce the population, we would have to reduce the world's economy. The reality is that the subject is extremely complex, but nothing will happen whilst governments choose to ignore the facts.
In the meantime I believe we should at least be concentrating on the quality of our society, and paying the underclass to produce endless amounts of brats isn't helping