Planet of the (little) apes: Save the world by genetically engineering humans to be smaller, suggests NYU philosopher

• NYU professor suggests we genetically engineer babies to be smaller and more 'energy-efficient'
• Other suggestions to save the planet include making humans intolerant to meat through pills or patches
• 'The Kyoto Protocol, has not produced demonstrable reductions in global emissions'
• Authors of study stress they are not advocating the ideas, just opening the debate up for radical cures

By Eddie Wrenn
PUBLISHED: 13 March 2012 

Mankind should consider extreme options - such as taking pills to wean humanity away from eating meat or genetically engineering ourselves to be smaller - in order to reduce our ecological footprint, says a leading philosopher.
From reducing our reliance on fossil fuels to finding more energy-efficient ways to travel, the push is on for humans to combat the threat of global climate change.
But the ways in which we change our behaviour - either culturally or through technology - are still up for debate.

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