Discussing population without enfolding consumption is, I believe,
useless.  So, even if you are talking about encouraging people to have
less children through any number of ways (that word "implement" is quite
the bad choice: suggests that there's a top-down, one-person-in-control
decision maker), you've got to bring in consumption, which also impacts
earth's resources.

Now, Angela, you ask who would "implement" this?  

Well, what about a world where regional "solutions" are proposed?
For example, the US encourages (through education, easy access to
information, birth control, etc.) a certain number of children AND a
reduced (not merely recycling, the panacea of way too many) use of
resources, everything from driving to throwing away restaurant food to
buying less.

Then, how about India encouraging a certain number of children (their
number per family might be higher than North Americans) and providing
education, healthcare, and financial opportunities for families so that
some (note--_some_) of the cultural need to have children (high mortality
rate, etc.) is mitigated.

And, so on...  The way it's been discussed, it's been as  if someone
believes that a dept. (or some other such thing)of population will
proclaim *a* number for everyone on the planet.

To some degree, population information (not consumption, mind you) is
having an effect in the US.  We have low birth rates.  The UN (with a
consistent supply of funds and medical personnel from every, EVERY country
on board) could be an organization which spearheads such an effort.  Note,
it's an effort--not mandatory compliance.  However, cultural morays are
very powerful, so once there are inroads, they would take over.  I worry,
however, about the time element, how long it takes for these things to get
up and running and to continue to seep into public consciousness.

Arlene Plevin

 On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, Joe E. Dees wrote:
> > 
> > << Angela, population control CAN be implemented; you just DON'T 
> >  WANT it to be.         Joe
> >   >>
> > Hi!  Joe - thanks I needed a good laugh!  If it CAN be implemented who will be
> > charge of this vast project - you and a group of your buddies?
> > 
> > Peace!
> > Angela
> 
> resource depletion) which will only yield to global human solutions. 
>       The U.N., in co-operation with its member countries, would be a 
> good place to start.  My "buddies" would be the rest of humanity - or 
> at least a voting democratic majority.  We have the technology to 
> inoculate people againsy further fertility, once they have had their 
> allotted quota of children.  If it is done evenhandedly (no exceptions 
> for money, power, geography, religion or complexion), the only 
> opposition should come from those who wish to perpetuate such 
> earth-destroying personal behaviors.  They thus proclaim 
> themselves as global public enemies, and I have no problem with 
> mandating (and enforcing) that they receive periodical fertility 
> blocking injections (and I don't believe there would be any problem 
> finding employees to implement such a program).        Joe
> 
> 
> 

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