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Start reducing births. Humans are THE worst thing for the environment. No reason to have more of them.
by randyrand 12y ago
Start reducing births. Humans are THE worst thing for the environment. No reason to have more of them.
- estebank 12y agoThe best way of reducing birth rates? Poverty reduction.
- collyw 12y agoWhile I agree, poverty reduction will likely lead to a more consumerist, less environmentally friendly lifestyle.
- guard-of-terra 12y agoCan you do that to people in the Africa and the Middle East? India also. Because people in Europe and Far East no longer overreproduce. Also, the environment only has value to us if we're still able to use it. No value in the clean environment if humanity gets extinct.
- collyw 12y agoThose kids won't use up nearly as many resources as a western child.
- guard-of-terra 12y agoOh, they would. Western kids won't hunt elephants to extinction or make charcoal out of rainforest. Western kids are going to live their life in their tiny home, which is going to become more and more green and self-sufficient. On the other hand, poor subsistence farmers live on large swaths of land with lots of wildlife, which they're going eat literally. And then they'll try to recapture western standards of living, but without all that green concern. Won't they?
- collyw 12y agoYou really have no idea how a lot of the world live.
- seanmcdirmid 12y agoAnts consume many more resources than we do, not to mention bacteria. We are part of the environment, and our impact, as horrible as it seems, is not consequential in the big picture (though we will hurt ourselves if we don't conserve, for sure).