Fight Global Warming With Abortion?

The Optimum Population Trust says:

 "Each baby born in Britain will, during his or her lifetime, burn carbon roughly equivalent to 2½ acres of old-growth oak woodland." (Click For Full Story)

First of all, comparing ANY human life to a bunch of monumental trees is completely ridiculous. I also find it ridiculous that they specify one of the worlds favorite forms of plant life and then compare it to a completely generic baby. Why not weigh one average run-of-the-mill 2½ acre cornfield against...say an Albert Einstein or an Isaac Newton? Either way, the circular (il)logic becomes evident fairly quickly when you actually look at the global warming argument for what it really is. For example; why are we supposed to care about carbon footprints? Because of global warming? But why do we care about global warming? Because it will hurt people. So if we see people as the problem, then there's nothing to care about anymore. I mean, why try to save future generations from global warming if they are only going to continue to contribute to the problem anyway.

The OPT goes on to say,

"We still have one of the highest rates of teenage pregnancies in Europe and we still have relatively high levels of pregnancies going to birth, often among women who are not convinced they want to become mothers."

I don't know about you, but there is nothing that makes me more angry and disillusioned then "high levels of pregnancy going to birth." I mean, who do these women think they are?

I also find it interesting that the green movement seams to be focusing it's energy on preaching about overpopulation. I can't say I blame them. Overpopulation is great because it's so easy to sell to an urban population. (OMG Look at all the people!) This is the same thing that makes "deforestation" and other environmental impact stuff easy to sell: The people who need to buy into it are in places where the effect of man is hugely exaggerated. Combine that with a lack of understanding about how big things are and how old things are, and you have a pretty easy pitch. Never mind the fact that fifty acres of new rain forest are growing up for every acre now being cut down or the fact that we have more trees today then we did 70 years ago.