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What this author forgets is that many young people today are not procreating because having children is increasingly becoming a luxury of the upper middle class

What this author forgets is that many young people today are not procreating because having children is increasingly becoming a luxury of the upper middle class. Why should childless individuals care all that much about how issues like global warming and growing economic inequality will affect future generations when they're desperately just trying to hold onto their current jobs in order to service increasingly unjustifiable levels of debt (home, medical, educational,...)?

NeedMoreTea 7y ago
The author is reporting a statement by the International Energy Agency, not discussing procreation, so she forgot nothing. You don't think it strange though, that concern around the climate is so much higher with those mostly childless young? Whether they choose to have children themselves or not they will be around longer than their parents and thus disproportionately affected. No surprise then there are XR demos with all ages, and school strike demonstrations growing all around the globe. Why are they bothering? Shouldn't they be fussing about their student loan or holding down a shitty job instead?
- selfishgene 7y ago
  Fear-mongering often spreads like a virus. It's not based on scientific fact (because some questions are too difficult to answer) but rather on emotion. Many of these demonstrators (childless or not) would more tangibly benefit from reducing their debt burden by a few grand each month than global temperatures by a few degrees. Will there be flooding in some coastal cites? Maybe yes, but who cares, because it will drastically lower real-estate prices in these highly inflated markets so that the "other 99%" can finally afford to live there. A tall pair of rubber boots and a gondola will be a small price to pay to move on in. Until then, I'll keep driving around town in my twenty year-old 18 mpg SUV.

NeedMoreTea 7y ago

The author is reporting a statement by the International Energy Agency, not discussing procreation, so she forgot nothing. You don't think it strange though, that concern around the climate is so much higher with those mostly childless young? Whether they choose to have children themselves or not they will be around longer than their parents and thus disproportionately affected. No surprise then there are XR demos with all ages, and school strike demonstrations growing all around the globe. Why are they bothering? Shouldn't they be fussing about their student loan or holding down a shitty job instead?

selfishgene 7y ago
Fear-mongering often spreads like a virus. It's not based on scientific fact (because some questions are too difficult to answer) but rather on emotion. Many of these demonstrators (childless or not) would more tangibly benefit from reducing their debt burden by a few grand each month than global temperatures by a few degrees. Will there be flooding in some coastal cites? Maybe yes, but who cares, because it will drastically lower real-estate prices in these highly inflated markets so that the "other 99%" can finally afford to live there. A tall pair of rubber boots and a gondola will be a small price to pay to move on in. Until then, I'll keep driving around town in my twenty year-old 18 mpg SUV.