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It would be very interesting to see the numbers of CO2 reduction if people would have only one child instead of many. Overpopulation seems to be the biggest pro

by fxj 7y ago

It would be very interesting to see the numbers of CO2 reduction if people would have only one child instead of many. Overpopulation seems to be the biggest problem at all.

RationalityLost 7y ago
It would be even more interesting if people stopped for a second to consider what's the point of even having kids other than forcing more souls into the limitations of physicality and making this animal race perpetuate for few hundred years more (optimistic?) before eventual doom. Like, seriously, we should be more concerned with making the lives of those that were unlucky enough to already be born less painful instead of making more of those. Embrace antinatalism, it's the only rational thing to do.
- vgoh1 7y ago
  You need some mental help.
- wiz21c 7y ago
  at the same time, we need new people to find new solutions...
Khanhanhan 7y ago
Obviously overpopulation is a problem, but is it the biggest one? India has 10x lower CO2 emission per capita than USA at roughly 4x bigger population.
vgoh1 7y ago
There is a Catch-22 in choosing to breed less, in order to be responsible. You are choosing to limit your genes, and in many respects limit your impact on our culture. Irresponsibility continues to breed, while responsibility doesn't. I absolutely agree that our CO2 emissions would be much lower with fewer people, but choosing yourself to have fewer children is not the answer. A lot of the world is choosing to have children at an older age, and this almost always means less children. A better strategy is to try to get more people from all cultures to share this trait (not forcefully, of course).
- jkachmar 7y ago
  There’s an “easy” solution to this quandary, IMO: you can adopt. You’re not directly contributing to the increase in carbon associated with having a child because that child would exist regardless of your actions, and you have the opportunity to pass on your cultural values and sense of responsibility. Best of both worlds, plus you’re providing a home and family to someone who might otherwise not have one.

by fxj 7y ago

It would be very interesting to see the numbers of CO2 reduction if people would have only one child instead of many. Overpopulation seems to be the biggest problem at all.

RationalityLost 7y ago

It would be even more interesting if people stopped for a second to consider what's the point of even having kids other than forcing more souls into the limitations of physicality and making this animal race perpetuate for few hundred years more (optimistic?) before eventual doom. Like, seriously, we should be more concerned with making the lives of those that were unlucky enough to already be born less painful instead of making more of those. Embrace antinatalism, it's the only rational thing to do.

vgoh1 7y ago
You need some mental help.
wiz21c 7y ago
at the same time, we need new people to find new solutions...

Khanhanhan 7y ago

Obviously overpopulation is a problem, but is it the biggest one? India has 10x lower CO2 emission per capita than USA at roughly 4x bigger population.

vgoh1 7y ago

There is a Catch-22 in choosing to breed less, in order to be responsible. You are choosing to limit your genes, and in many respects limit your impact on our culture. Irresponsibility continues to breed, while responsibility doesn't. I absolutely agree that our CO2 emissions would be much lower with fewer people, but choosing yourself to have fewer children is not the answer. A lot of the world is choosing to have children at an older age, and this almost always means less children. A better strategy is to try to get more people from all cultures to share this trait (not forcefully, of course).

jkachmar 7y ago
There’s an “easy” solution to this quandary, IMO: you can adopt. You’re not directly contributing to the increase in carbon associated with having a child because that child would exist regardless of your actions, and you have the opportunity to pass on your cultural values and sense of responsibility. Best of both worlds, plus you’re providing a home and family to someone who might otherwise not have one.