| All of a sudden the world - or rather parts of it - has | | | | that is that the population is increasing and we are |
| woken up regarding the global heating of our planet. | | | | moving to a position of having too many people on |
| Hardly a single day goes by without reading a report | | | | earth! And the reality is that currently, at least 50% of |
| or becoming aware of some kind of conference on | | | | these people have not yet reached the standard of |
| this issue, somewhere in the world. | | | | living in the industrial world. |
| We have opened our eyes to the problems we are | | | | It is no secret that the number of children per women |
| causing. We know we are shooting ourselves in the | | | | in, for instance, India, Africa and parts of Asia, are very |
| foot, or perhaps in the leg, and now the wound is | | | | much higher than in our industrial world, and why is |
| starting to hurt! | | | | that? |
| So what do we then do to cure it? We try the cure | | | | I would not claim to be an expert, but in my world I can |
| that works just as badly as trying to mend a broken | | | | see some reasons such as: many children equals |
| leg with an aspirin (we try to reduce the pain), and | | | | security in both financial and social terms; lack of |
| what do I mean by this? | | | | knowledge - or rather lack of education; the low status |
| Just consider the enormous side effects that our | | | | of women in these countries. |
| so-called cure has caused - and I mean the production | | | | If we could just understand that everyone on earth is |
| of ethanol. It has created a lack of food, which in turn | | | | connected in some way or another, it would be much |
| has raised food prices. | | | | easier. It is very much up to us in the western world to |
| Other cures that have been or are currently being | | | | help all these people to a level of living that is similar to |
| discussed include increased taxes on fossil fuels, | | | | ours. If we do this, the problem will be cured in the right |
| trading with pollution rights, (buying another companies | | | | way within approximately 50-70 years! |
| unused Carbon Footprint Quota) alternative engines for | | | | Meanwhile, the previously mentioned "aspirin method" |
| cars (and why have not we heard a word about | | | | can be used until the "right medicine" starts to see |
| trucks!?) increased use of nuclear power etc. | | | | results, but we need to adopt this "right way" without |
| All these so-called cures work like the aspirin example. | | | | any further delay. |
| We are not acting upon the fundamental problem and | | | | IT'S UP TO US! |