WEBVTT - Rush Limbaugh June 8th 2018 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:04.600 Actual op ed headline from NBC News. Science proves kids 0:00:04.640 --> 0:00:08.760 are bad for Earth, morality suggests we stop having them. 0:00:08.800 --> 0:00:11.799 The author is Travis Reader. Says having kids is a 0:00:11.840 --> 0:00:15.319 big contributor to climate change. Having a child, he says, 0:00:15.760 --> 0:00:19.160 imposes high emissions on the world while the parents get 0:00:19.160 --> 0:00:22.119 the benefit. So, like with any high cost luxury, we 0:00:22.200 --> 0:00:25.959 should limit our indulgence. He says, it's only logical for 0:00:26.120 --> 0:00:30.000 everyone on Earth to consider having fewer children. The view 0:00:30.120 --> 0:00:34.200 that's spreading in the academic community. Now this clown isn't 0:00:34.240 --> 0:00:38.040 some underperforming salesman planned parenthood. He holds a pH d. 0:00:38.760 --> 0:00:42.640 He is the director of the Bioethics degree program at 0:00:42.720 --> 0:00:46.600 Johns Hopkins. Doctor Reader explains it of having one fewer 0:00:46.720 --> 0:00:50.440 kid can reduce your contribution to the harm from climate change, 0:00:50.760 --> 0:00:54.520 then you are making a morally relevant choice. He doesn't 0:00:54.520 --> 0:00:57.320 think we should shame parents, but since we face the 0:00:57.480 --> 0:01:01.920 very real prospect of catastrophic climate change, difficult and even 0:01:02.000 --> 0:01:07.520 uncomfortable conversations are important. Dr Reader, here's another difficult conversation. 0:01:07.560 --> 0:01:11.320 If science supposedly proves that kids are bad for the earth, 0:01:11.840 --> 0:01:15.280 by the same token, science must also prove that adults 0:01:15.319 --> 0:01:18.720 like you are even worse. So, if you're really serious 0:01:18.760 --> 0:01:21.600 about saving the earth, have you ever thought about, like 0:01:21.720 --> 0:01:22.800 ten stories could do it.