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I thought the root cause isn't the total number of people, it's the fact that developed-nation lifestyles are a lot more environmentally impactful than developi

I thought the root cause isn't the total number of people, it's the fact that developed-nation lifestyles are a lot more environmentally impactful than developing ones; (6B * current developed-nation avg carbon footprint) > (8B * current global avg carbon footprint)

concordDance 3y ago
They're both causes. E.g. if there were only 500 million people in the world there'd be no issue. Similarly, if everyone lived a somali lifestyle it wouldn't be that bad environmentally.