Unbridled Population:Scourge or boon??

The week gone by was mostly about the spate of reviews been posted by me on facebook of the movies I had watched recently,except Matrix.Its one of my favorites and I think I may have went into hyperbole for its review but a movie of such calibre had to be extolled in a gaudy manner.The week ended with 2 episodes of The Office which looks promising.But throughout this week I had been pondering over an article I had read on population growth and the adverse effects luxuries have on the environment.

According to a paper published in the journal Environment and Urbanization the places having a surge in population are those in which C02 has been growing at a lethargic pace and vice versa.

Between 1980 and 2005 sub-Saharan Africa produced 18.5% of the world's population and 2.4% of the growth in CO2 incommensurate with the 4% of extra people and 14% of extra emissions in North America.Households in India earning a paltry 3000rs a month use a fifth of electricity per head and one seventh of the transport fuel of households earning 30000rs a month.Even deforestation in poor countries driven mostly by operatons delivering timber, meat and animal feed to rich consumers.The report emphasizes that the total impact equals consumers times affluence times technology.

As a corollary from the outcomes of this report it seems there is a feeble correlation between global warming and population growth and much more cogent and rational correlation between global warming and wealth.This brought me to consider a vital trivia on one of the most garish splurges of the rich-the effervescent yachts,specifically the Wally Power 118 which consumes 3400 litres per hour when traveling at 60 knots,which is nearly a litre per second.Also it is likely to be pernicious to marine life,inflicting more damage to the biosphere in 10 minutes than most Africans do in a lifetime.

But the fact remains that the cavalier rich or the nouveau-riche will continue to be attracted by Wally's opulent and breathtaking interiors and its comfy ambiance.This is an upward going trend which will have consequences requiring strenuous efforts to be overcome.

Well,I guess we should pay some heed to our indigenous,most conservative and conscious section of the society with regards to pollution and wastage of resources,who will never be bogged down

by the scourges like recession,communism,naxalism,environmental degradation and will continue to serve the community till death,our miserable Street Sleepers.