Population Control: Let's consider it

[alien space marine]

Indeed. The world's population is only growing because of the third world. The better educated the people of a country are (particularly women), the more the birthrate of that nation goes down. The countries with the lowest birthrates are all first-world nations. Really, in many first-world nations the problem is how to deal with the fact that the population is DROPPING, not how to deal with all the growth!

Even America would have about flat population growth if we didn't allow in more immigrants every year than any other nation on the planet.

For developing nations, however, education is really the best answer. Economic improvement will help a lot too, of course, but education is the key. It works.

Oh yeah, and full support for all methods of birth control is of course vital. Bush's actions on this matter have been incredibly destructive, hypocritical, and cruel. It needs to change, as soon as possible.

birth control will not do any good, If the culture firmly rejects it on religious grounds.

Those who do not reproduce get replaced by those who do, There is a good chance the fading society will not pass on their culture to the new comers.

Until the day we can have genetically engineered humans with 300 year lifespans, I wouldn't go over board sterilizing populations, We will still need to replace the old with the new.

The first world only breaks even ,In some places like Spain their is more coffins then cradles coming out.