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A comment on Antarctic CO2 Hit 400 PPM for First Time in 4M Years. Parent comment

Re:Antarctic CO2 Hit 400 PPM for First Time in 4M Years by omginternets on Friday June 17, 2016 @05:12AM (#11921494)
>Is sustainability even possible anymore?

Yes, but it clearly involves population control.

We should be sending birth-control, not food, to developing nations.

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Re:Antarctic CO2 Hit 400 PPM for First Time in 4M Years by mikeash on Friday June 17, 2016 @10:51AM (#11922954)
Birth control doesn't help when people want to have lots of children. Having lots of children is an essential survival strategy in a poor country. If you want them to have fewer children, make them wealthier.
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Re:Antarctic CO2 Hit 400 PPM for First Time in 4M Years by omginternets on Friday June 17, 2016 @07:14PM (#11926115)
I'm not convinced by that argument (though I've heard it before).

This strikes me as assuming the births are planned, whereas I don't see how they possibly could be.

Enriching these countries is certainly part of the solution, but controlling population is part of the solution towards enriching them in the first place.

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