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Or tell everyone that the swine flu vaccine has an 80% mortality rate. Problem solved.
Not to mention that the real challenge to this planet’s sustainability is not simply the number of people on it, but the amount of resources that those people consume. If all of India’s and China’s populations were to suddenly start using the same amount of resources that Americans do, we would all be hosed.
It’s really simple: Just do what China has done. Tell people that you’re going to stand them up against a wall and shoot them if they have more than one kid. And then do it. No more overpopulation.
They should follow America’s lead.
Put corn syrup in all the food so everyone is 300 pounds and lumbering around like elephants.
Actually, all they have to do is start a nuclear war with Pakistan and that will solve lots of problems.
Other than the radiation and firestorms and the atmospheric problems, that is.
That actually works.
Implant birth control before puberty and only remove it after the person(s) reaches adulthood and proves they can raise a kid.
@7
Mmmmm, fascism on a stick.
Can I get mine dipped in chocolate?
capitalism people capitalism (hasn’t it worked oh-so-well in this country? (shuttup yes it has)) that is, offer X rupees for each certified vasectomy. that should be far less horrifying than selling one kidney, i should hope. a pat on the back to the first ethno-economist that decides what a likely initial value for “X” should be. (yet another brilliant idea which will *never* be instituted)
that sculpture is some serious old school porn, but yet her boobs look totally fake.
India’s Health and Welfare Minister thinks all Indians should watch more television?
That guy’s in the wrong fucking profession.
If you can’t teach the baby mamas in the CD to stop thinking of cock riding as a hobby, why would it be easier in any other 3rd world shit hole.
Trust Charles and a number of the commenters here to laugh this off without doing any research.
Population researchers have noticed a correlation between electrification and better education outcomes which in turn leads to better contraceptive use. You can’t force people to use contraceptives as Yucca Flower suggests. People will willingly accept electrification.
Asia Pac Popul J. 1995 Mar;10(1):21-38. Contraception among adolescents in Bangladesh.
Demographic transition: accelerating fertility decline in 1980s.
Author: Visaria P; Visaria L
Source: ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL WEEKLY. 1994 Dec 17-24;29(51-52):3,281-92.
9# – that’s already in place. Sterilization is a major “weapon” in the Indian battle against overpopulation; unfortunately; it’s not reversible. In a culture where the no of children is very important this makes it very unattractive. What happens if your children die? Wives are left over lesser infractions. Health care workers still have a mandated number of steralisations they need to perform each year. You can see how people might get pressured, no?
The thing is – contraception requires a certain level of reliable use. Condoms are pretty awful, and not popular if you have an option not to use them, and hormonal birth control needs to be taken regularly. Birth control is handed out left right and centre; wether its used or not is another question.
The implant strikes me as a good balance – long term but reversible; doesn’t need to be taken regularly; not invasive. Well, if you can handle the side effects (which include totally erratic and – in about 10% of cases – constant bleeding, which is going to have social implications in particular communities)
Its a good thinking out of the box approach. How many married partners would go pick up a condom before having sex? Even my friends who are dating don’t do that.