On the Environmental Virtues of Cohabitation

Reader Comments
Back to blog

Tremendous writing!!!

hébergement de sites web of AL 7:33AM December 17, 2011

Thank goodness some bloggers can still write. Thank you for this article!

Dripable.com of AL 5:59PM November 02, 2011

Babies don't cause global trashing, people cause global trashing.
People should recycle and companies shouldn't dump deadly chemicals in the water and soil.
As countries develop, they have less children per capita, look at Europe and America and compare it to any 3rd world nation.

Evan of MA 2:12PM December 10, 2007

Marital status is relevant because there is a huge gap between households where children are raised by 2 married parents compared with unmarried single parents. Children not raised by 2 married parents are at higher risk for drug addiction, alcohol abuse, gang involvement, out of wedlock births, abortions, school drop-out, criminal activities, etc. All such undesirable societal consequences create additional environmental drain via greater governmental program costs, use of police resources, greater energy/oil/gasoline usage, health care costs, higher risk of AIDS, etc.
How can one even begin to tabulate the numerious societal and environmental costs resulting from all types of deviant behaviors of children and adults who grew up in broken, dysfunctional families?

of NY 2:16AM December 09, 2007

Cohabiting is not so great "from an environmental standpoint." Those who cohabitate prior to marriage have a greater chance to divorce than those who don't cohabitate. Unless one makes a non-stop career out of cohabitation, then it's more likely than not that one will be alone living eventually as a divorcee, creating further environmental drain.
It is also easy to blame babies as "the new SUVs." In reality, it is not the individual person per se that is to blame but rather the materialistic and consumeristic American lifestyle that is at fault. Do we really need 5 televisions, 2 cars, 4 cell phones, and 3 computers in an average household? The real "green" challenge is for Madision Avenue and Hollywood to instill a sense of consumeristic balance via their advertisements and movies. Yes, sometimes "less" is "more."

of NY 2:04AM December 09, 2007

As I remember, back in the late 40's or early 50's, some people were expressing concern about overpopulation. This concern was pretty well discounted. For instance, my Mother said God would take care of the problem. Yes, he will. However, I don't think in ways to our liking.
This renewed concern may be simply throwing water on the already chard remains.

Howard Davis of MD 12:53PM December 06, 2007