An Interesting Contraception

"Birth control could help combat climate change"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090918/ap_on_he_me/eu_med_condoms_climate_change

It's an interesting concept that I've never really thought about, but makes complete sense. Researchers are saying that providing the nearly 200 million women worldwide who desire contraception but have no access to it could help the environment. It's quite logical really: birth control would prevent around 76 million people from being born, 76 million people who would not consume resources or emit any carbon dioxide. Now morally that sounds callous, not wanting 76 million human lives to exist, but scientifically the math adds up - less people, less pollution. With the worldwide population estimated to reach 9 billion - billion! - by 2050, contraception in third world countries where overpopulation is quickly becoming a problem would prevent extensive pull on the earth's resources. Mind you, the extent of the impact of overpopulation on climate change is under debate, and surely there are other ways to be fighting global warming, but for now I think the proposition has merit and shouldn't be ignored.