An Arch Druid's take on the news

Got to hand this one to Jack Z. Smith, his editorial first appeared in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and was republished in the Spokesman-Review on the 19th of June 2008.  He is of course discussing at length how population growth is causing problems in climate change and fuel and general energy supplies.  The increasing limits of our resources as millions more people are born each year and begin to overpopulate the earth. 

I expect that it is a valid enough argument to make. Unless of course you happen to be an anti-abortionist to whom "family planning" would be deemed anathema.  But consider this, conservation of resources is a valid argument.  But there are limits to how much you can conserve before it runs up against the inevitable hungry mouths to feed.  Conservation v poverty and of course starvation.  Just as we are already dealing with "alternative energy sources" v skyrocketing food prices that the poor can no longer afford.  So, encouraging all these humongous birthrates does what?  I can see a practical need for family planning.  Unless the anti-abortionists want to invest in the development of a number of Starship Enterprises to carry young people to brave new worlds, they are going to have to realize that forcing babies into the world where they face certain chaos over energy, water and even food doesn't do a d#$n thing for them.

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