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The Environment / Re: The link between global warming and world population expansion.
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Human reproduction, even in the absence of artificial contraceptives, is remarkably inefficient.
Many creatures, like salmon and bees, mate once in their lives and produce thousands of offspring.
If the rugby songs are to be believed, humans go at it several times a night, but we rarely produce more than two offspring in a lifetime.
My suggestion of offering GBP500 every 6 months to every woman if she is not pregnant, will buy a lot of contraceptives and not much beer. It now turns out that there is a precedent: apparently the NHS is paying men to lose weight. Onwards!
Many creatures, like salmon and bees, mate once in their lives and produce thousands of offspring.
If the rugby songs are to be believed, humans go at it several times a night, but we rarely produce more than two offspring in a lifetime.
My suggestion of offering GBP500 every 6 months to every woman if she is not pregnant, will buy a lot of contraceptives and not much beer. It now turns out that there is a precedent: apparently the NHS is paying men to lose weight. Onwards!
The sad truth is that your first day is the most dangerous day of your life.And not just the kids. Maternity care, postpartum complications, maternity leave, career breaks....all Damage the Sacred Economy.
Very young children are, on average, rather expensive to provide medical care for.