tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19263903.post7546917944433402261..comments2023-10-18T05:23:01.822-05:00Comments on Laurence Hunt's Blog: A Proposal for an Individual Citizen Response to the Problem of Global WarmingLaurence Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16512608792667325309noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19263903.post-15345427247321737382007-06-24T12:07:00.000-05:002007-06-24T12:07:00.000-05:00To simplify my argument, I think what I'm really s...To simplify my argument, I think what I'm really saying is that role modelling will be more effective than lecturing in addressing the problems of our carbon-based lifestyle. We are more likely to change our individual behaviour in response to inspiring examples of wise living than in response to ratiocination.Laurence Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512608792667325309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19263903.post-25553538048643209482007-04-23T14:59:00.000-05:002007-04-23T14:59:00.000-05:00I fail to see how, without violent forms of popula...I fail to see how, without violent forms of population reduction, you will decrease the population by 95%. Who decides who live and who dies.... non violently?<BR/><BR/>Would you be willing to give up your computer, cars, long vacations to distant foreign parts in the US to help reduce ghg?<BR/><BR/>The lifestyle of the First Nations was considerably different than your lifestyle. Is the plan that we revert to that? O_O<BR/><BR/>You can't live in the past, Laurence. You'd think you would have learned that by now... the future is forward.<BR/><BR/>Enjoy the rest of your vacation. <BR/><BR/>:-)<BR/><BR/>NGUNever Give Uphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06917587137316009092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19263903.post-37490306630757769312007-04-15T11:16:00.000-05:002007-04-15T11:16:00.000-05:00To be honest, we would all be better off with a 95...To be honest, we would all be better off with a 95% global human population reduction, all other things being equal - which they would not be. Humans got along well with the environment when we lived in small clusters in the African savannah. Aboriginal North Americans also lived strikingly in balance with the ecosystem (though this was not true in all cases among the aboriginal South Americans). In all cases of ecological success, we are talking about tiny numbers of humans. I hope it is unnecessary to state that I am against violent forms of population reduction. It is once again a matter of arranging the incentives to reward those who choose to practice birth control and population limitation. And don't get me started on CPP/OAS. These contributions should never have flowed into general revenues. They should have been invested for the future. Psychology demonstrates that groups of humans engage in "risky shifts" that individuals would never undertake. Governments spend money to win the transient support of voters. Governments rarely do well at saving money, unless they are rich as Albertans. Though I believe my solutions (those of the Utopian Party of Canada) are the most workable of all solutions, considerable courage would be required to implement them.Laurence Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512608792667325309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19263903.post-87897578051992552302007-04-15T11:13:00.000-05:002007-04-15T11:13:00.000-05:00A more responsible approach to Canada's negative p...A more responsible approach to Canada's negative population growth would be immigration.... there are enough people in the world, the problem is they live in places that can't sustain them.SusanEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17968598387333808985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19263903.post-86405257287580565162007-03-18T15:04:00.000-05:002007-03-18T15:04:00.000-05:00NGU - if you are going to "spin" something you rea...NGU - if you are going to "spin" something you really have to develop your segue. I don't follow your logical, commenting on a post about greenhouse gases and somehow ending up talking about retirement and immigration with no logical progression doesn't actually further any of your arguements. Better "spin" would allow you to confuse more people with your rhetoric and possibly get some votes with your "BS baffles brains" technique.SusanEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17968598387333808985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19263903.post-10414586249471408522007-03-18T14:20:00.000-05:002007-03-18T14:20:00.000-05:00My plan is to ask YOU to suggest what is needed to...My plan is to ask YOU to suggest what is needed to achieve the results, and then to empower you to take action to carry out your plan, in collaboration with other like-minded citizens.Laurence Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512608792667325309noreply@blogger.com