No, it cannot. It is obviously not possible for our U.S. population to keep growing indefinitely. But we can, and do, pretend that it can, and, most unfortunately, our national immigration policy is based on that mistaken belief. But pretending does not make it so. …
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It is apparently extremely difficult for the general public, as well as for our decision makers and opinion leaders, to grasp (or wrap their heads around as the saying goes these days) the idea that economic …
Does the size of our population have any effect at all on the amount of our greenhouse gas emissions? Of course it does. The question answers itself. How could it be otherwise? Other things being equal (e.g. per capita emissions) a U.S. population of 400 million would emit twice the amount of CO2 as a population of 200 million. Not …
Continue ReadingThe central issue with regard to mass immigration is its catastrophic impact on the population size and growth of our already vastly overpopulated nation, in terms of the long range carrying capacity of its environment and resources. All other issues fade into insignificance when compared with that supremely important central issue. For more years than I care to think about …
Continue ReadingThis paper was written in the Summer of 2006 after Congressional debate on comprehensive immigration reform and following passage of legislation in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.
Continue ReadingClick here for a downloadable, printable PDF version. Zero Tolerance For Illegal Immigration: An Urgent Policy Need An NPG Position Paper Summary Statement NPG’s primary concern with immigration, both legal and illegal, is that it is the driving force behind America’s population growth. Our population grew by some 33 million in the decade of the 90s, and is on track …
Continue ReadingClick here for a downloadable, printable PDF version The World Summit on Sustainable Development concluded its 10 days of deliberations at Johannesburg on September 4th. If the purpose of the conference was to define the problem and then advocate an adequate solution to it the conference was a disappointing – although not an unexpected – failure. Based on newspaper reports, …
Continue ReadingClick here for a downloadable, printable PDF version Summary: 1. Economic growth in a finite world, which is the only world we have, is not sustainable. Sustainable economic growth is an oxymoron, a contradiction in terms.2. In order to create a sustainable economy we must first discard the goal of macro economic growth and replace it with the goal of …
Continue ReadingA short definition of sustainability is the management of environmental and resource systems so that their ability to support future generations is not diminished.
Continue ReadingIt often seems as though the dispute about immigration’s impact on America involves endless debate over statistics — whose are right and whose are wrong.
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