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4. 2 二 China’s Family Planning Policy (known in the West as the “ one child policy ”) currently limits the number of children that urban married couples can have to one - however many notable exceptions [3] are put into place to allow for special cases or circumstances. Rural couples, ethnic minorities, and parents without any siblings themselves are exempt from the policy restrictions; and China has also eliminated the one child policy for parent’s affected by the unexpected death of a child [4] . In addition, the policy does not apply to many of the Special Administrative Regions of China, such as Macau, Hong Kong, and the disputed region of Taiwan [5] . In total, about 40% of the Chinese population is currently subject to the One Child Policy. The goal of this policy is to foster a ‘prosperous, powerful nation and a happy family’. [6] It was ushered into place by the Central Chinese Government in 1979 to help relieve many broad base macro social-economic problems and environmental issues that were exacerbated by an overextended population [7] Although this policy places a limit on the number of children many Chinese couples can produce, today it is generally accepted by many experts and independent researchers alike that the policy has shown extreme effectiveness in curtailing the population growth of China and reducing many of the nation’s burdens [8] caused by an overpopulated populous. The positive spillover effects have resulted in a world with a lower and less disproportionate Chinese population and relatively less people competing globally for the same scarce and limited resources. [9] China’s Family Planning Policy
6. 3 三 This annual figure includes : Petroleum, Natural Gas, Coal, Electricity, Renewables, etc - [10] At a Glance… A Bigger Picture Top 3 Total Population Ranking Top 3 Oil Consuming Nations Top 3 TOTAL Energy Consumption Top 3 Notable Import/Exports
7. 4 四 Fossil Fuels account for 80% of all our energy use! - [11]
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9. 6 六 Why we are literally EATING fossil fuels : Ever since the early 1950’s there has not been a correspondence between Energy Inflow and Energy Outflow in Modern agriculture. Due to soil segregation and many other factors we have reached a point of diminishing returns. The agricultural green revolution refers to the extensive use of fertilizers, pesticides, and technological farm equipment (all based on petroleum products or it’s many derivates) to allow global food production to keep pace with worldwide population growth . [13] Thus like China's population control mechanism, this Green Revolution also has had significant social, ecological, and macroeconomic impacts. Quite literally, we are eating fossil fuels, and when petroleum runs out we will face worldwide food shortages – Even if we don’t convert any arable acre of land to growing government subsidized corn/ethanol to power our SUVs [14] That OTHER “ Gr een Revolu tion ”
10. 7 七 Petrodollar hegemony [15] -recycled OPEC wealth subsidizing the debt-happy policies of the United States . Essentially American military protects and stabilize the OPEC regions in exchange for all petroleum being sold and exported exclusively in US dollars, hence pegging the fiat currency dollar to oil and forcing the rest of the world’s industrialized nations to use US Dollars as global reserves, giving the US a free ride to print money to raise their citizen’s standards of living at the expense of inflating and diluting the savings of the rest of the world Connect the Dots – What they don’t tell you in Government and History Class
11. 8 八 - [16] PRC vs USA : a quantitative comparison and contrast
12. 9 九 Reference to the United States - [17] A Closer Look… Chinese population by city
13. Chinese Population Growth Patterns 10 十 - [18] - [19] Population Growth Rate in terms of % China’s Total Population in billions
