If you had told my east-coast, twenty-something-year-old self that, in the not too distant future, I’d be making a home and raising a family in Utah, you’d have been met with a confused look—Where? Which square state is that?
Great news everyone. The Tribune has reported that Utah’s birthrate is now below replacement level! We should celebrate this fact — slowing population growth will mean a better quality of life for all of us in this state. And don’t believe the hype of those mentioned in the article who worry about the effects of a lower birthrate on the economy. PER CAPITA wealth gains —...
UPEC’s Andrew Schoenberg concludes that “the prediction of the Utah population doubling makes it even more important that most of us reduce our additions to air pollution and global warming gases by switching to fuel efficient vehicles such as EVs and PHEVs.”
In a recent letter to the Salt Lake Tribune, he writes:
“A recent Salt Lake Tribune editorial recommended that...
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