NPR Has Never Heard of Global Warming or Arithmetic

That is what listeners to a segment that bemoaned the fact that China's population might decline in the decades ahead undoubtedly concluded. The piece presented the views of people who saw the prospect of a smaller Chinese population as being a potential crisis, but not one word from anyone who indicated that it could potentially benefit both China and the world.

In terms of global warming and demand on resources more generally, the more people there are in China and the world as whole, the g...