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Politicians: "WhY ArEn't yOuNg pEoPlE HaViNg kIdS?!"

spwa4 2y ago
I somehow doubt global warming is the problem. Average apartment size, average income, ie. "the economy" is going to provide an answer much more than global warming will.
- bamboozled 2y ago
  Climate change will wipe trillions from the economy between now and 2050, so you'd have to assume some of what you describe is related and the negative economy impacts are already real. What do you think the hit to the tech sector will be from the fires in California?
  - pjc50 2y ago
    I don't think the tech sector will be hit that badly, the push to increase energy consumption by making everyone use AI won't slow down. Most of tech is physically closer to SF than LA. Hollywood is being significantly affected though.
    - bamboozled 2y ago
      It has an impact, even if its just a distraction. I have friends who had family seriously affected by the fire that work in major tech companies who are taking time off to help out etc. I wasn't trying to suggest it's a major financial hit to the tech industry in California, but every event climate change linked extreme weather event like this does have a negative impact on output and profits.
- whamlastxmas 2y ago
  I have met many millennials in life that have multiple reasons for not having kids, but climate change has been a top reason for some of them
  - t0bia_s 2y ago
    Whatever to justice selfishness and taking responsibility. At the end, it's culture of death that will be replaced by those, who are open for life, care and love. Look at fertility rate per woman in wealthy west countries. We are dying.
    - 93po 2y ago
      It seems like it's taking responsibility to not have kids if you're unclear whether they'll even survive? I think that's hyperbole but it is their belief. Earth will be fine with 1/10th the level of humans. I'm not saying I want anyone to die, I'm just saying massive drops in birth rates is fine outside the economics of it.
      - t0bia_s 2y ago
        Every birth means also bringig a death. Earth is for life, not life for Earth. Do you have kids?
aboardRat4 2y ago
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- explodes 2y ago
  "Scaremongering" means what exactly? Repeating warning warnings from hundreds of scientists? Is being worried about reality considered bad behavior for any logical reason?
- linotype 2y ago
  So LA is on fire now and a few months ago a hurricane destroyed North Carolina. North Carolina.
  - aboardRat4 2y ago
    LA is on fire because of many years of forestry mismanagement.

I somehow doubt global warming is the problem. Average apartment size, average income, ie. "the economy" is going to provide an answer much more than global warming will.

bamboozled 2y ago
Climate change will wipe trillions from the economy between now and 2050, so you'd have to assume some of what you describe is related and the negative economy impacts are already real. What do you think the hit to the tech sector will be from the fires in California?
- pjc50 2y ago
  I don't think the tech sector will be hit that badly, the push to increase energy consumption by making everyone use AI won't slow down. Most of tech is physically closer to SF than LA. Hollywood is being significantly affected though.
  - bamboozled 2y ago
    It has an impact, even if its just a distraction. I have friends who had family seriously affected by the fire that work in major tech companies who are taking time off to help out etc. I wasn't trying to suggest it's a major financial hit to the tech industry in California, but every event climate change linked extreme weather event like this does have a negative impact on output and profits.
whamlastxmas 2y ago
I have met many millennials in life that have multiple reasons for not having kids, but climate change has been a top reason for some of them
- t0bia_s 2y ago
  Whatever to justice selfishness and taking responsibility. At the end, it's culture of death that will be replaced by those, who are open for life, care and love. Look at fertility rate per woman in wealthy west countries. We are dying.
  - 93po 2y ago
    It seems like it's taking responsibility to not have kids if you're unclear whether they'll even survive? I think that's hyperbole but it is their belief. Earth will be fine with 1/10th the level of humans. I'm not saying I want anyone to die, I'm just saying massive drops in birth rates is fine outside the economics of it.
    - t0bia_s 2y ago
      Every birth means also bringig a death. Earth is for life, not life for Earth. Do you have kids?

aboardRat4 2y ago

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explodes 2y ago
"Scaremongering" means what exactly? Repeating warning warnings from hundreds of scientists? Is being worried about reality considered bad behavior for any logical reason?
linotype 2y ago
So LA is on fire now and a few months ago a hurricane destroyed North Carolina. North Carolina.
- aboardRat4 2y ago
  LA is on fire because of many years of forestry mismanagement.