1. (for sake of argument) CO2 emissions cause global warming, a problem which must be solved -->
2. Humans and other animals emit CO2 w/ their every breath, hence human life is a threat to the environment -->
3. Human life, or limitations thereon, must be part of any serious effort to control CO2.
^^^Inexorable logic??? Nah...no way that anyone will ever go there....
hmmmm.....
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Population control called key to deal
COPENHAGEN: Population and climate change are intertwined but the population issue has remained a blind spot when countries discuss ways to mitigate climate change and slow down global warming, according to Zhao Baige, vice-minister of National Population and Family Planning Commission of China (NPFPC)...
...Many studies link population growth with emissions and the effect of climate change.
"Calculations of the contribution of population growth to emissions growth globally produce a consistent finding that most of past population growth has been responsible for between 40 per cent and 60 percent of emissions growth," so stated by the 2009 State of World Population, released earlier by the UN Population Fund.
...studies have also shown that family planning programs are more efficient in helping cut emissions, citing research by Thomas Wire of London School of Economics that states: "Each $7 spent on basic family planning would reduce CO2 emissions by more than one ton" whereas it would cost $13 for reduced deforestation, $24 to use wind technology, $51 for solar power, $93 for introducing hybrid cars and $131 electric vehicles.
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The dystopian possibilities of world-wide governmental control of human breathing extend far beyond economic questions...