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The best we can do is lower our own CO2 emissions as much as possible (no flights, recycle/upcycle) and vote wisely. Don't get stuck in the issue of the day, bu
by sebazzz 4y ago
The best we can do is lower our own CO2 emissions as much as possible (no flights, recycle/upcycle) and vote wisely. Don't get stuck in the issue of the day, but look forwards when choosing your representative.
- throwaway5959 4y agoNot having kids is way more effective than any of that.
- MrPatan 4y agoIt's a very bad strategy, but the silver lining is that it's self-correcting.
- mantas 4y ago
- adrianN 4y agoNot having kids has little influence on the emissions in the next ten to twenty years, which is what counts with regards to reaching tipping points.
- throwaway5959 4y agoKids consume more energy pound for pound than adults with regards to food. There’s also all the associated products that go along with raising children, many of which aren’t handed down, etc.
- adrianN 4y agoKids do have a lot fewer pounds though. Also humans live around seventy to eighty years. So stopping procreation right now would bring us to carbon neutrality in about that time. That means that in about twenty years stopping procreation would have reduced carbon emissions by about thirty percent or so. That's a lot, but far from what's needed to prevent catastrophic warming.
- Globz 4y agoYes lets end human civilization once and for all, what a great idea. We are the ones who needs to be saved not the planet. This kind of thinking is really scary.
- thfuran 4y agoDid human civilization end once and for all when Japan's population started falling?
- adrianN 4y agoTo reach carbon neutrality we either need to stop burning fossil fuels, or reduce the population to zero. I know which is the more popular option.
- throwaway5959 4y agoHonestly for middle America, they’d rather reduce the population. Just not their population.
- 2143 4y agoWhy is that?
- throwaway5959 4y agoBecause ICE and big homes are part of their identity. If it wasn’t, they’d be driving electric cars and live in a city.
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- throwaway0x7E6 4y agono, but I did notice the uptick of "Japan must open itself to immigration or it will not survive" kind of articles from the very same outlets who chastise us for the carbon sin and promote having fewer or no children as one of the ways to atone for it. same in NA and Europe
- throwaway0x7E6 4y agoand a complete ban on immigration, right? :)
- josephcsible 4y agoThe only reason I care about the Earth at all is that our future generations will need to live here. If we all stop having kids and humanity goes extinct, I don't care if Earth's atmosphere gets hotter than Venus's after that.
- josephcsible 4y agoMaybe once politicians start to settle for first class on commercial flights instead of taking private jets to climate summits, then I'll start to replace my coach flights with ground transportation.