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They are connected though. I know many people under the age of 35 who choose not to have kids because they don't want to bring children into a world threatened
by pavlov 3y ago
They are connected though. I know many people under the age of 35 who choose not to have kids because they don't want to bring children into a world threatened by climate change.
Here in Finland, a female child born today has a >50% chance to live to an age of 100. That means our new children will probably still be alive in 2123. The projections for worst-case climate change over that time span are terrifying. You can't blame people for not wanting that kind of future for their children.
If you want people to have more kids in the West, doing something about climate change is part of the solution, not a separate issue.
- rklaehn 3y agoFor every single decade in the 20th century there was some kind of doom hanging over our head. Imagine deciding to have kids in the 80s where the two superpowers were pointing insane amounts of nuclear weapons at each oter. Or in the 70s when people feared a new ice age. Not to mention 1910 or 1930. You may say "but this time it is real". The nuclear threat in the 80s was very real as well. As was WW1 and WW2. Finland has done it's part against climate change. They built a large nuclear power plant, and can run the rest of the economy using PV and wind. Retire ICE vehicles, and then be proud of yourself and be more optimistic. Even in the worst case scenarios the climate in finland will be just fine...
- DeathArrow 3y ago> I know many people under the age of 35 who choose not to have kids because they don't want to bring children into a world threatened by climate change. Do you think the majority of people are into that ideology?
- pavlov 3y agoI didn't claim there's any kind of majority. It's a factor for people I know.