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In reply to the discussion: Invasion of Crazy Ants Maddening For Southern U.S. [View all]progree
(10,901 posts)Last edited Sat May 18, 2013, 08:55 PM - Edit history (2)
What is "a purely euro-centric viewpoint" about that?
Oh, I get it. It's all white dots. Should it be white dots for white people, brown dots for brown people, etc.?
Seriously, about the only thing I can think of when I think about your comment is that the impact of so-called developed countries -- mostly but not entirely European and Europe-descended countries (U.S., Canada, Australia in particular)-- have a much bigger per-person negative impact on the planet's resources and environment than other countries .... (and probably in total too)
Or is worrying about population growth just a European concern? I can assure you that governments and NGOs in most rapidly population growing countries worry more about it than someone in Belgium or Austria. They have to worry about where the usable water is going to come from (as rivers get tapped out and water tables are dropping and as the water becomes polluted), and as to where the jobs are going to come from. And then there's the soaring food prices of recent years. I read the Population Reporter every quarter -- www.populationconnection.org -- it is dismal reading.
I don't dispute the numbers but this distribution is a purely euro-centric viewpoint