‘adjust our lifestyles’? why not maintain our lifestyles and use technology to solve any environmental problems?

Whenever I hear this talk about ‘adjusting our lifestyles’ my ‘Watermelon radar’ immediately activates.

While overpopulation in some parts of the world is an issue, exactly what ‘natural methods’ do you propose to alleviate this problem? Sounds ominous.

It tends to be the poorest developing countries that breed the most (compare births per woman figures for the top and bottom 10 countries in terms of GDP per capita). Why not let the poor countries become wealthier and watch their populations plateau and possibly even reduce?

Even the highly populated USA, has over 90% of the land undeveloped.

In England, large old growth Oak forests exist due to the foresight of hundred year old industries.

You have put things in perspective.

And it’s no coincidence that countries with the most controlling, oppressive governments and worst economies are the ones that have de-forestation problems.
But environmentalist legislation will damage human productivity and economies, devastating 3rd world countries in particular.

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NTUzNWUzYTA4ZTkwMTVhZmM3M2NkZDc5NDhmOTRkMzA=

Written by Dr. Roy W. Spencer principal research scientist at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. He is author of the new book, Climate Confusion: How Global Warming Hysteria Leads to Bad Science, Pandering Politicians, and Misguided Policies that Hurt the Poor.

BQ

And logging – a sustainable activity. Well, _potentially_ a sustainable activity. Though I must have missed the bit about where, after decades of logging the logging companies are going back to the older logged areas because all the replanting they carried out has now grown tall enough to (re) log. Yep, missed that.