A clarification for our members

Also lacking an affiliation with the Club of Rome are Reason, Humanity, and, ah, an Absence of Condescension for Our Little Brown Brothers.

Apparently Mr. King believes that DDT targeted the wrong vermin. Perhaps he would find Xyklon B more effective for his preferred ends.

DDT has the unfortunate property that it is far more toxic for arthropods than for mammals.

Population reduction is also the motive behind the banning of the refrigerant Freon. CFCs in the upper atmosphere breaking down into ozone-destroying chlorine is the manufactured crisis for which banning Freon is the solution. (A single volcanic eruption puts 500 times more chlorine into the upper atmosphere than a year’s worth of Freon use and leakage. Source: “Trashing the Planet” by Dixie Lee Ray.)

Not only is the replacement is more expensive, it is less efficient and corrosive (freon is basically inert), which requires more expensive machinery, shortens the lifespan of the unit, and requires higher maintenance costs.

All those factors lead to more expensive refrigeration, which will put it out of the reach of an additional billion people.

Refrigeration leads to better food hygiene, which leads to less foodborne illnesses and death. For every additional X people who go without refrigeration, Y of them will die.