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We actually need the exact opposite. Developed countries should keep having less children as each person in a developed country consumes much more of the planet
by pedrocr 9y ago
We actually need the exact opposite. Developed countries should keep having less children as each person in a developed country consumes much more of the planet's limited resources. Our best bet at having a livable planet in a hundred years is probably controlling population. Everything else gets driven by consumption demand.
- zanethomas 9y agoSounds like you would be comfortable with China's Once Child Policy.
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- vetinari 9y agoBy your argument we should also stop immigration to developed countries, because once the immigrants arrive, they will consume the same amount of resources as the natives. You are claiming, that we cannot have that.
- pedrocr 9y agoIt will depend on what the remaining population of developing countries does. Developed countries have less children so if the immigrants send back money to develop their home country and also have less children like their host countries do it would be a large gain. Don't know if this has been studied but there should already be plenty of data points to choose from.