California Group Blames Immigrants for Climate Change

matt 2 months, 2 weeks ago on Wordpress

Totally agree with this comment.

I lived in Mexico for several years.

A very prevalent idea in Mexico is to be a “MAN” you have to have tons of kids. There is not a thought of how I am going to take care of the children. It is have 3 children with one woman abandon her and 2 with another abandon her and 3 with another, etc.

Obviously not everyone is like that but it does show you the overwhelming influence of the idea.

I told several people in Mexico that I planned to adopt children with my wife rather than procreate our own.

This was to people with a high levels of education. Doctors, lawyer etc.

Well I was greeted with shock and awe. How could you do that. You have to have children with your blood. You mean you are not going to have any children of your own. Not even just one or 2 of them.

The men(generally) in the Mexican culture, and I THINK in most Latin America, are very womanizing and do bring that here to the USA. Some immigrant groups here come here and do not want to assimilate, they keep certain ideas which CAN be bad.

They keep the idea of having tons of kids, but like the idea of consuming more.

This will be a great influence in the future.

Obviously consumption is a problem. but having families with 10 children definitely does not help anything.

I know many families in Mexico with 8,9, or more children. My wife(Mexican) was one of 9. I actually knew a business man that had it was either 31 or 32 children between 6 women.

As the woman ages he trade in for the newer models which would give him more children.

To this business mans credit he does financially support all his kids(very uncommon in Mexico).

If you do not agree with my assessment I urge you to research it first before just blindly dismissing. Because you do not believe it does not make it untrue.

The idea of leaving you mark on society is one thing but doing it by leaving a mountain of children is not the way to do things. ... See all content Hide content

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cyndi lee 2 months, 3 weeks ago on Wordpress

So you are attacking the group for working on one source of increasing GHGs because it’s not working on all sources of increasing GHGs?

That’s like attacking a group trying to prevent deforestation because it’s not working to prevent coal plants. Makes a lot of sense.

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Right Wing Concedes Climate Change is Real, Man-Made | Earth & Industry 2 months, 4 weeks ago on Wordpress

[...] Upham at Triplepundit found a television commercial produced by a group called Californians for Population Stabilization [...]

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James Smith 2 months, 4 weeks ago on Wordpress

Misleading facts

Why mislead people

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MagWes 2 months, 4 weeks ago on Twitter

Tror någon att Sverigedemokraterna kommer skylla växthusgasutsläppen i Sverige på invandringen? (gjort i USA http://tinyurl.com/y9qnkzj )

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doctechnical 3 months ago on Digg

Yeah! Those foreigners have to learn to love their squalor! There just isn't enough of the Good Life to go around, and I'll kill any alien summabitch tries to take mine!

(Are we sure this piece isn't a goof or something? It's kinda hard to take seriously)

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paddingtonb 3 months ago on Digg

I did a bit of recon on the group- sadly they are completely serious. Apparently it's a spin-off from a really extreme movement within the Sierra Club that focuses on environmental preservation at ALL costs- especially if it means keeping out them fernurs.

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Bradwhg 3 months ago on Wordpress

Exactly right. Of course anyone who advocates enforcing the immigration laws are labeled a racist, xenophobe or worse. Population growth is the one aspect of the immigration topic that no one wants to address. How many people should the state of California and the nation as a whole have? I would suggest that those of you who are really interested in environment, instead of snarking a flippant comment above actually do a bit of research.

Currently there is a water crisis in much of the Southern USA. Farm land in California (the bread basket of the country)is disappearing to development.

It takes 12 acres of undeveloped land to be developed for every new added person to this country. That includes legal , native born or illegal. Some 90+ percent of population growth in this country is due to immigrants and their subsequent children. The USA is like a life boat, it can be filled to over capacity and capsize. You cannot save the world by allowing everyone who wants to come here to do so.I won’t go into the costs, because that is an entirely different subject. But every adult in this country needs to ask themselves, “what kind of country do we want to leave for our grandchildren?” Do we want a stable population, where everyone will have the same access to clean water, food and housing? Do we want to be like many of the over populated countries of the world, where a large segment of society are fighting for the scraps? ... See all content Hide content

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cyndi lee 3 months ago on Wordpress

Your article’s headline, “California Group Blames Immigrants for Climate Change,” is erroneous. The group, and its ads, simply point out that immigrants who come to America increase their carbon emissions. What is wrong with stating that fact?

Population growth is the main environmental problem. As Gaylord Nelson stated, ‘In this country, it’s phony to say “I’m for the environment but not for limiting immigration.”‘ ... See all content Hide content

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David Leonhardt 3 months ago on Wordpress

If the problem that CAP accuratelky identifies is “immigrants, legal and illegal, increase their carbon footprint four-fold when they move to the US and “Americanize” their consumption habits”, then it would stand to reason that CAP wants all Americans to “Guatalmalaize” or “Mixicanize” their consumption habits, right?

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DavidNiven 3 months ago on Digg

Interesting. I think that the government should do a study of just how much illegal immigration is hurting our country's environment. That could hopefully be the catalyst for shutting our borders down until we have everything under control.

The environmental liberals won't know which way to go on this issue unless Olbermann or Stewart tell them what to do.

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ryrocker 3 months ago on Digg

@david

dude, im not gonna go to central california where its fkn hot and sweaty to pick any god damn oranges.

they probably dont even have a jamba juice out there... my iphone probably wont even get a signal anyway and besides... ive got bio exam in the morning.

i say let the ppl who wanna do the work do the work...

but realistically, immigrants only make up about 1/3 of the US population...

if anything the US should get rid of the other 2/3rds if they really want to reduce the carbon footprint.

no no im jk... id rather do something rational. ... See all content Hide content

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DavidNiven 3 months ago on Digg

No, there are enough spoiled LEGAL teenagers in America who could benefit from the hard work instead of spending all day at the mall.

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Global Patriot 3 months ago on Wordpress

If immigrants quadruple their carbon footprint when they Americanize, that clearly demonstrates the habits of those who were here first are the real problem.

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Nisha 3 months ago on Wordpress

Every person driving one car is the cause of climate change. Husband and wife can drive a single car. It will consume less fuel and there will be less carbon footprint. Too many luxuries are to be blamed.

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cjsmith87 3 months ago on Digg

Anything to take the heat off me driving my gas gusslin truck is fine by me. Go get them immigrants Californians.

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nfallat 3 months ago on Twitter

An SNL "Really?!" moment: #CA grp blames #climate change on immigrants. Social (In)Justice seems to be theme tdy http://bit.ly/2Ofe0o

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brukins 3 months ago on Twitter

RT GreenEnergyPol #California Group Blames Immigrants for Climate Change - Triple Pundit http://bit.ly/3GIyQl #Immigration #Economy #CAP

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thegamingguy 3 months ago on Digg

Interesting that the guy points out the immigrants cause 4x more carbon emissions here than at home. That says to me that the problem is here in America. So maybe the focus should be on getting the emissions per person down to 1x and then it wouldn't matter where these people are living (in regards to their footprint).

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Nick Aster 3 months ago on Wordpress

Strictly speaking, these guys are correct. People do increase their carbon footprints (and other environmental externalities) if they “Americanize” their habits. But this seems like a pretty thinly veiled batch of xenophobic nonsense to me… if they were calling for massive economic investment in Mexico or something I might feel better…

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