claim: Bill Nye proposed penalizing families with too many children to reduce population growth and slow climate change.
evidences.evidence_id: Human overpopulation:333
evidences.article: Human overpopulation
evidences.evidence: As of 2008, the price of grain has increased due to more farming used in biofuels, world oil prices at over $100 a barrel, global population growth, climate change, loss of agricultural land to residential and industrial development, and growing consumer demand in China and India Food riots have recently taken place in many countries across the world.
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evidences.evidence_id: Human overpopulation:474
evidences.article: Human overpopulation
evidences.evidence: Population planning that is intended to reduce population size or growth rate may promote or enforce one or more of the following practices, although there are other methods as well: Greater and better access to contraception Reducing infant mortality so that parents do not need to have many children to ensure at least some survive to adulthood.
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evidences.evidence_id: Human overpopulation:53
evidences.article: Human overpopulation
evidences.evidence: Child mortality has declined, which in turn has led to reduced birth rates, thus slowing overall population growth.
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evidences.evidence_id: Human population planning:12
evidences.article: Human population planning
evidences.evidence: Higher taxation of parents who have too many children Contraception Abstinence Reducing infant mortality so that parents do not need to have many children to ensure at least some survive to adulthood.
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evidences.evidence_id: Human population planning:18
evidences.article: Human population planning
evidences.evidence: [citation needed] Population policies that are intended to increase a population or subpopulation growth rates may use practices such as: Higher taxation of married couples who have no, or too few, children Politicians imploring the populace to have bigger families Tax breaks and subsidies for families with children Loosening of immigration restrictions, and/or mass recruitment of foreign workers by the government A number of ancient writers have reflected on the issue of population.
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