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culling and climate change

To: "'Evan Beaver'" <>, "'michael hunter'" <>
Subject: culling and climate change
From: "Gregory Little" <>
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 13:52:25 +1100
Evan

Are you suggesting we nuke the dogs on the beaches, and their owners, or
the corellas?

Greg Little

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Sent: Friday, 1 February 2008 12:02 PM
To: michael hunter
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Subject: culling and climate change

Surely then Nuclear power is the answer?

I offer no comment on the topic, but if anyone has the chance, I
strongly recommend Ian Lowe's Quarterly Essay, published by Schwartz
Publishing and available here, on Nuclear Power in Australia

www.quarterlyessay.com

While a confirmed raving lefty (not that there's anything wrong with
that) Ian's arguments are lucid and very well researched. He is
probably the most reasonable person in Australia. The thrust of the
book analyses the recommendations that came from the Switkowski report
near the end of 2006. Essentially the economics are too optimistic to
be useful, and the response time is way too long for any impact on
climate change.

EB
On 1/31/08, michael hunter <> wrote:
>   I can hardly believe my eyes, someone insinuating that there are too
many
> humans in the world! Someone out there thinks that there could be some
> connection between numbers of people and climate change!
>  Culling is out, can anyone suggest a more humane way of controlling
human
> population growth, like birth control via a system of pregnancy
credits
> perhaps, each successful pregnancy ultimately being equivalent to a
CO2
> output equivalent to 500 4WDs over the child's lifetime?
>  Maybe I'm being ridiculous, Science will surely save us, but I don't
think
> changing lightbulbs will. Every extra human probably uses enough
energy to
> light up Sydney Harbour Bridge for a decade, and the world population
will
> increase by about three billion over the next twenty years.
>                                        Pessimistically Yours
>                                                        Michael
> PS figures are approximate
>
> Michael Hunter
> Mulgoa Valley
> 50km west of Sydney Harbour Bridge
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