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>> American children consume about 200 times the resources of children in developing countries So one less immigrant is 99.5% as effective at reducing co2 as o
by haihaibye 8y ago
>> American children consume about 200 times the resources of children in developing countries
So one less immigrant is 99.5% as effective at reducing co2 as one less child?
- DoreenMichele 8y agoSince I haven't researched that in specific I don't know for sure, but I'm guessing the answer is "No." Immigrant children from developing countries typically remain relatively poor by American standards and continue to use substantially fewer resources. They don't promptly leap up to middle class American consumption levels. We would probably be better off, environmentally speaking, to aggressively try to convince American citizens to have fewer children while having more liberal immigration policies than to aggressively try to keep immigrants out while claiming that condemning children who already exist to a life of hardship is the moral equivalent of Americans choosing to have fewer children for environmental reasons. They aren't morally equivalent anymore than "Eat the rich" is some kind of moral high ground.