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If we all cycled like the Dutch, CO2 emissions would drop by 690 million tonnes (www.euronews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You won’t convince people

I don't have to. Birth rates in the developed world are plummeting.

And unless I'm mistaken, you are the one trying to convince people right now.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Birth rates are plummeting to maintain what will probably be around 13 billion. That's wildly distinct from willful extinction.

I... What? You made a post saying people should do x, I responded. Yeah we're both trying to convince people of a thing, I'm not sure I see how that is actually relevant.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

“[S]omeone has to to continue the species” —~~you, not me~~ someone else

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I did not, in fact, say that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I see. Apologies for the confusion.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Birthrates are not plummeting to zero, if thats what youre implying. As people get more educated, they tend to have fewer kids. No one is considering having "fewer" kids because of the childs lifetime GHG emissions

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Birth rates are plummeting for a variety of reasons, but that is most certainly one of them. No one in their right mind would willingly bring a child into this world knowing what's going to happen, and educated people know what's going to happen.