What is the easiest way to get the US green?
My opinion is that anyone who has any environmental knowledge should know that unless we limit the number of people in this country all of the progress toward alternative energy and attempts to get us off of foreign oil is meaningless.
Due to legal immigration we are growing faster in numbers then ever before in history and thus using more energy then ever before. Add the unknown millions of illegal immigrants and we are in real trouble for the future.
To me the easiest way to use less energy, reduce the impacts of our consumption and secure a strong future for our children is to find a way to limit immigration and send the illegal immigrants home. Just think – If 12 million people left how much energy we would save as a country!
What do you think?
Can we continue to allow more immigration then the rest of the world combined and ever get green?
I have no "fear" of immigration. But I admit I am scared to think what this country will look like in another 50+ years if we continue at this pace. All projections show us at around 600 million people. At that point there will be a much lower quality of life for everyone here. Countries that can limit their population growth will be in a much better position to get the best people/minds from around the world. Its a sad legacy to think we are so self centered on reproduction and immigration that we would jeopardize our childrens future!
So you don’t think that removing 12-20 million people from this country would have a positive effect on our environment? We have no power or control over other countries so we need to take care of our own limitations or we will not be in a position to help anyone.
you’re thinking too small. ‘going green’ (i hate that term, its just a way for corporations to make some ‘green’ off of conservation) needs to be a global movement, otherwise it will fail.
shuffling 12 million people around a continent isn’t going to fix anything on a global scale.
EDIT: ok, so we ship 12 million people a few thousand miles south in the name of conservation. even if that helps the US out, we’re still in no better position as a human race than we were to begin with.
conservation isn’t a national problem, it’s a global problem
Convoluted rationalization based on your fear of immigrants and racist views. If you are serious about saving the planet watch this video and get involved.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3932487043163636261&ei=LDnYSZqHIY3a-QG2qc3xAg&q=zeitgeist+orientation
kicking people out won’t do a dam thing to "green" the county. I am so sick of people saying that having a baby is the problem… Um hello you are so full of yourself and all I can say is that if that is your opinion then I’m glad that you won’t have any children or you will be part of the "problem" because we don’t need you raising children. If you are worried about food or quality of life then get off your high horse too! The entire worlds population could live in an area the size of Texas in family groupings of 4 and it wouldn’t be any more densely populated then any major city is… and there would be enough land and resources to feed all of them with the rest of the land in the Continental US… The real reason that "going green" won’t work is because people feel that they deserve more or that the need more then they really do! Look around you… how much "stuff" do you have that you really don’t need to live… think about it!