15 Aug

If people naturally imitate each other, is it true that “green” Moms who have have 3+ kids are blameless?

Posted by admin in Green Energy.

I know everyone things they’re unique, but obviously, when all your friends are having umpteen kids, it makes you more comfortable doing the same, right? (If you really doubt this, travel and observe other cultures–we’re all conformists.)

So a Mom with lots of kids isn’t just adding more consumers to the earth, but also communicating an eco-destructive social norm to others, right?

I think I’m in trouble.

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    Posted by yossarius on 15.08.09 at 2:41 pm

    It’s not the amount of consumed throw-away baby products that concerns me. What concerns me is people’s willingness to explode the population. There are too many of us now. If one couple has half a dozen children, it’s no big deal. But if 10 million families in the country do, we are talking about a great deal of expansion. From an ecological standpoint, it’s not our lifestyles that are so damaging, it’s that there are too many of us doing it. If we could practice a little self-restraint where procreation is concerned, we could live any way we like and not endanger the polar ice caps or increase the energy released by hurricanes. So, from a big picture standpoint, is it better to have less children than more? Yes.

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