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Study reveals halving human population gradually could help Earth (www.independent.co.uk)

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[–] alsimoneau@lemmy.ca -4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It wouldn't though.

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[–] alsimoneau@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 month ago (1 child)

They don't use nearly as much ressources as half the population. Come on now.

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[–] alsimoneau@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 month ago

I'm not defending them. They are horrible and should be guillotined.

But it's disingenuous to think that reducing our population by half wouldn't have a greater impact.

Feel free to provide sources to prove me wrong.

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[–] SaorSol@startrek.website 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

Richest one percent are responsible for same level of climate warming as the 5 billion poorest people so yeah it would.

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[–] alsimoneau@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

Right, but we're not talking about the poorest half here.

Population is declining in Japan, Korea, Europe and North America. That's not the poorest half by a long shot.

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[–] SaorSol@startrek.website 1 point 1 month ago

But I am talking about the 1% who are actually responsible for most of the damage. So eat the rich is a fairer solution

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[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net -1 points 1 month ago (1 child)

The article suggest halving the global population by 2200. So not some nuclear war or disease killing half of humans basically over night. So more Japan and less nuclear war.

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

japanese made several series, scenarios over overpopulation. blue gender, evangelion,,etc.

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[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 1 point 1 month ago

Those were originally made in the 90s. Japans population peaked in 2008 and has declined by over 5million people since. All without war, disease or stuff like that.

This is also true for some other countries. The current medium UN forecast projects Chinas population to more then half by the end of the century.

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