Population Control and Climate Change.

Apparently in China; population control is keeping things "green." Of course this story in China Daily does not underscore the wicked ways by which population control is implemented.

COPENHAGEN: Population and climate change are intertwined but the population issue has remained a blind spot when countries discuss ways to mitigate climate change and slow down global warming, according to Zhao Baige, vice-minister of National Population and Family Planning Commission of China (NPFPC).

"Dealing with climate change is not simply an issue of CO2 emission reduction but a comprehensive challenge involving political, economic, social, cultural and ecological issues, and the population concern fits right into the picture," said Zhao, who is a member of the Chinese government delegation.

Many studies link population growth with emissions and the effect of climate change.

Meanwhile, she said studies have also shown that family planning programs are more efficient in helping cut emissions, citing research by Thomas Wire of London School of Economics that states: "Each $7 spent on basic family planning would reduce CO2 emissions by more than one ton" whereas it would cost $13 for reduced deforestation, $24 to use wind technology, $51 for solar power, $93 for introducing hybrid cars and $131 electric vehicles.

She admitted that China's population program is not without consequences, as the country is entering the aging society fast and facing the problem of gender imbalance.

"I'm not saying that what we have done is 100 percent right, but I'm sure we are going in the right direction and now 1.3 billion people have benefited," she said.

She said some 85 percent of the Chinese women in reproductive age use contraceptives, the highest rate in the world. This has been achieved largely through education and improvement of people's lives, she said.

This holistic approach that integrates policy on population and development, a strategy promoting sustainable development of population, resources and environment should serve as a model for integrating population programs into the framework of climate change adaptation, she said.

So China is doing its part to curb greenhouse gases --by controlling its population? The only problem here is that China was controlling its population long before the whole Climate Change / Global Warming issue was even cooked up. I suppose now China feels that it can be a little more open with what it has done. Hey, "1.3 billion people have benefited," said Zhao Baige.

The Chinese must be paying attention to the Obama administration. The Obama administration came out with a number to represent how many jobs were saved by the Stimulus Package. Now the Chinese are claiming 1.3 billion people benefited from government enforced population control. China's 1.3 billion number is just as absurd as Obama's "jobs saved" numbers. It's like claiming you can calculate how much rain didn't fall in any given area!

The question still remains; how many people has the Chinese government killed and will kill in their quest for population control? The Chinese government will kill as many people as they choose, the only difference is that they are not going to be "called out" on human rights issues because they are killing people for the environment.

Population control is "A O.K." so long as the environment is the goal. Besides, China never claimed to uphold any human rights standard, so they can do whatever they want right?

Morality by consensus is a scary thing; especially if you were born in China!

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