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In the face of such blatant disregard for facts?On Nuclear proponents are, like, totally John Galt posted 1 year, 1 month ago 43 Responses

yes it is anthropometric...

...because it is a problem created by humans.On Tata Motors unveils world's cheapest car in India posted 1 year, 10 months ago 16 Responses

no question.

As is usually the case in India - "development" and sustainability could not be more pitted against each other. On the on hand we cannot deny millions of people the safety and comfort of what most people in developed nations take for granted. we must agree that a small enclosed car even without "standard" safety features is safer to carry a family of four, than a two wheeled scooty.
On the other hand this will most definitely increase emissions disastrously. There arent any details about the kind of fuels that the car supports and the fuel efficiency with alternative fuels.
but look closer....the car is most certainly going to need more fuel that a scooter...fuel is not getting any cheaper in india either; so maybe they'll use CNG- very abundant. However, Zooming out some more . . . How is Tata turning out these cars so cheap? even missing a lot of features, theres a fair amount of externalization going on here. Who is paying for these cars?
(for a simplified explanation of externalized costs go here; www.storyofstuff.com)

The car is symbolic like most cheap consumer toys of economic oppression at on level, and greedy pockets on another.

and oh- about population, i think its a basic enough observation, that population explodes in places with a high level of poverty and hence low levels of health, awareness, and CHOICE! keeping a large section of the worlds population in such a state is only going to worsen the problem, unless we want to start culling humans like rabbits and kangaroo.On Tata Motors unveils world's cheapest car in India posted 1 year, 10 months ago 16 Responses

Drowning ?

so many things ....

 Id love to have a child! somehow having all this machinery and not using it is just the most frustrating idea. Then theres what is called 'instinct',or what i've started to think of as conditioning, society expects that every woman would have the instinct to give birth to a child, and you accept it, and after a bit its so ingrained in you its almost biological.
  There is the instinct to care for children, and anyone whose had a brother(s) or sister(s) knows its one of the best things in the world (usually). I do,I think more than one child is a great idea.
 Then theres the age old pattern, babies need parents to take care of them, especially ones that love them. Old people, invalids need young people to care for them, especially young people who love them. That is a very important function of a 'family'. old age homes just do not compare.

so its quite clear people need parents, and people need children . . . But its perfectly clear that this genetic instinct for survival is actually responsible for bringing us closer to extinction !
I think the saving grace is that there are plenty of children out there that, unfortunately, do not have any parents. Of course they may not mirror your features, but they will follow your example, they might mimic your expressions , and adopt your walk, or the way you talk, and most importanly your values as much as any biological child would.
I like to think that if some of us have been given the insight to realise that bringing a child into the world is no longer as logical or wonderful as it used to be-for the parent or the child, we must value life-and that would make us more able to accept as our own somthing that has not necessariliy come from within us.On When it comes to having kids, this global citizen can't bear it posted 3 years, 11 months ago 13 Responses

Drowning ?

so many things ....

 Id love to have a child! somehow having all this machinery and not using it is just the most frustrating idea. Then theres what is called 'instinct',or what i've started to think of as conditioning, society expects that every woman would have the instinct to give birth to a child, and you accept it, and after a bit its so ingrained in you its almost biological.
  There is the instinct to care for children, and anyone whose had a brother(s) or sister(s) knows its one of the best things in the world (usually). I do,I think more than one child is a great idea.
 Then theres the age old pattern, babies need parents to take care of them, especially ones that love them. Old people, invalids need young people to care for them, especially young people who love them. That is a very important function of a 'family'. old age homes just do not compare.

so its quite clear people need parents, and people need children . . . But its perfectly clear that this genetic instinct for survival is actually responsible for bringing us closer to extinction !
I think the saving grace is that there are plenty of children out there that, unfortunately, do not have any parents. Of course they may not mirror your features, but they will follow your example, they might mimic your expressions , and adopt your walk, or the way you talk, and most importanly your values as much as any biological child would.
I like to think that if some of us have been given the insight to realise that bringing a child into the world is no longer as logical or wonderful as it used to be-for the parent or the child, we must value life-and that would make us more able to accept as our own somthing that has not necessariliy come from within us.On Is too few people the new "population problem"? posted 3 years, 11 months ago 13 Responses