>We will have some mining forever though, whether that's here on earth or elsewhere. Yes, of course; the need for raw materials is never-ending. I just want m

>We will have some mining forever though, whether that's here on earth or elsewhere. Yes, of course; the need for raw materials is never-ending. I just want mining on Earth to mostly stop, or at least be done in the most environmentally-sustaining way possible. Moving a lot of mining offworld would accomplish this. >I want those with the means to (rich or upper middle class) to have kids I'm not so sure this is such a great idea. Rich people can already have all the kids they want; it's not like financial concerns are holding them back from it. And I don't see how they're going to do a better job of it than regular middle-class people; in fact, rich people generally seem to be much worse and more sociopathic human beings, and their kids frequently come out awful--look at Paris Hilton for instance. I don't see why we should be encouraging them to have more; we don't need more sociopaths in the world. And again, there's so few wealthy people it wouldn't make a significant difference.