FN, Who said anything about planting trees in a rural setting? Plant them where you are - make sure you have enough space for trees when you are building a house.
The context in which I said whatever I said was in the context of a couple getting married. Right. This means a house, in the long run, and children (if the couple are so endowed - there are lots of people not so lucky to have children, but that is another story). This is nothing to do with the rich and greedy and the foreign countries (do I sense envy here?), but is everything about being practical. Controlling population is not an old bogey. It is stark reality, and if you haven't already felt its effects in that super-populated area, it is high time you did. The more "feet" you have the more you consume. Add to that greater affluence and access to modern trinkets, and you have massive pollution both in creation and in destruction of material goods, aside from being able to produce sufficient food and grain. Gabriel. ----- Original Message ---- > From: Frederick Noronha <[email protected]> > To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sat, 12 December, 2009 11:52:05 AM > Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goa to host India�s first carbon neutral wedding > > Theoretically, the trees would be planted in some rural setting in the > 'developing' world, bringing money to the poor. But won't this result > in a double-whammy really? The super-rich, rich and middle-classes, > freed of the guilt of the responsibility, could easily go on to > consume more AND the poor, getting the advantage of heightened > purchasing power, would also do likewise? > ... > On one point though, a bit to differ: don't blame overpopulation > alone. This has been made into a bogey for many decades now. The > bigger threat, even here in the context of the Indian (and Goan) > affluent classes, is over-consumption! FN > __________________________________________________________________________________ See what's on at the movies in your area. Find out now: http://au.movies.yahoo.com/session-times/
