Sharon Gannon: "Di Amerika Serikat, rata-rata dua anak per keluarga, s...

"Di Amerika Serikat, rata-rata dua anak per keluarga, sedangkan di Afrika lima anak per keluarga. Di permukaan, statistik tampaknya mengindikasikan bahwa orang-orang Afrika memiliki terlalu banyak anak dan membebani sumber daya bumi, sementara anak-anak Amerika dilahirkan dalam keluarga yang mampu merawat mereka. Namun, rata-rata anak Amerika mengkonsumsi kira-kira sumber daya yang sama dengan lima belas anak-anak Afrika. Jadi ketika sebuah keluarga Amerika mengatakan mereka hanya memiliki dua anak, mereka sebenarnya menghabiskan sumber daya dari keluarga Afrika yang terdiri dari tiga puluh anak!"

--- Sharon Gannon

Versi Bahasa Inggris

In the United States, the average is two children per family, while in Africa it is five children per family. On the surface, the statistic seems to indicate that Africans are having way too many kids and are taxing the Earth's resources, while American kids are born into families who are able to take care of them. However, the average American child consumes roughly the same resources as fifteen African children. So when an American family says they only have two children, they are actually consuming the resources of an African family of thirty children!