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Nah, the misery started with the extraction of coal. Burning fossil fuels is an accelerator to senseless consumption that is the root of this evil, it's a runaw
by emsign 4y ago
Nah, the misery started with the extraction of coal. Burning fossil fuels is an accelerator to senseless consumption that is the root of this evil, it's a runaway economic process, that needs to either slow down or use renewable resources. It's not the size of Earth's human population, it's how they live unsustainable lives spending not just fossil fuels but other resources like fresh water, ecological habitats.
Before the industrial revolution everywhere where humans settled biodiversity increased. Humans are by nature a benefactor to their environment, but the overproduction of basically throwaway consumer goods and all the industries depending on it is slowly but surely choking the planet. Stuff we buy and throw away has a life cycle of way way less than the span of a human life, that's not right. Even if most jobs depend on it. But I'd rather work less and not buy so much trash.
- jqpabc123 4y agoIt's not the size of Earth's human population, it's how they live unsustainable lives Unchecked population growth is unsustainable --- regardless of how people live.
- emsign 4y agoIt's not unchecked, it's self regulatory. The main reason people have kids is lack of insurance for when they get old and unable to work. That's why need big families as a support network. Countries that care for their elderly in other ways have their fertility rate drop so low, that their population is even shrinking, which poses a huge risk in a society where most people are occupuied producing consumer goods instead of sustaining the community.