Wednesday, December 05, 2007

 

Economics and ecology of divorce

Mother Nature feels the pains of divorce

Economics and ecology of divorce



Today on yahoo one can read article about divorce destroying environment, Mother Nature feels the pains of divorce by RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, AP Science Writer Posted Tue Dec 4, 2007 3:48pm PST.

The author reminds us that after divorce two new single households are created. In that case there is higher need for land, higher need for energy, etc. This can be traced back to having double number of TV sets or two or more laptops or two or more cars. This is then, according to the author connected with higher use of material and energy needed for the production of these items.

This sort of economic thought was normal under any society like communistic one, with lack of consumer goods, or society where consumer goods are too expensive for absolute majority of population. The problem was that people living in such a society and belonging to that part of it that could or cannot afford these products for each single individual must create a sort of symbiosis, usually called marriage. In this two- or more people household one TV set was usual, one car as only a family car etc.

In any other sort of society where any normal individual can afford these items, by divorce absolutely nothing happens. It would be a really seldom case when divorced individuals would be in bad need of two or more TV sets per person.

In USA and many other highly developed societies it is normal that there are several TV sets in one household, one for mother, one for father and two more for each child. If this family gets divorced, there is absolutely no need for further TV sets, as every individual has its own TV set already.

This may not be the case in some underprivileged layers of USA society, or the same layers of other highly developed societies, like Germany, UK, France and few others.

In all other societies this problem additional demand for consumer goods after successful divorce can be true. But this additional demand for consumer goods gets us jobs and salaries.

If for the next 30 years there would be additional demand for consumer goods, because we all have them all, there would be a BIG BANG on the economic side of each society that would be in this position. Millions of people out of job, state unable to pay the jobless support, crime, panic, well, the scenario might be a way more horrible.

Funny how some people cannot think and still receive audience for their silly ideas.

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