Green Options » Voluntary Human Extinction Movement http://greenoptions.com/tag/voluntary-human-extinction-movement Posts tagged 'Voluntary Human Extinction Movement' Sat, 23 Aug 2008 12:00:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en The Case of the Missing Humans 2: Population Control and Voluntary Human Extinction http://sustainablog.org/2008/08/23/the-case-of-the-missing-humans-2-population-control-and-voluntary-human-extinction/ http://sustainablog.org/2008/08/23/the-case-of-the-missing-humans-2-population-control-and-voluntary-human-extinction/#comments Sat, 23 Aug 2008 12:00:41 +0000 Justin Van Kleeck http://sustainablog.org/2008/08/23/the-case-of-the-missing-humans-2-population-control-and-voluntary-human-extinction/ If you have not noticed lately, there are a whole lot of us furless, gangly bipeds walking and driving and flying around planet Earth. For better and for worse….

According to projections from the United Nations in 2007, human population by 2050 could be at around 8, 9, or 11 billion worldwide depending on low, median, or high birth rates, respectively. But if fertility continues at a “Constant” pace, then the number would be closer to 12 billion of us by mid-century.1

So instead of saying humans are breeding like rabbits, we might as well just say that humans are breeding like humans! And you thought traffic was bad now!

Mother Earth is working so hard to support us along with all her other children. Some people have decided to address our bunny-like birth rate through other measures than simply hoping Mom will get another job. Some people are getting vehement about population control.

One cohort of such folks is the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement, or VHEMT, founded by Les U. Knight. Its mission, if not obvious enough in the movement’s name, comes across pretty clearly in its motto: “May we live long and die out.”2

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