Re:Apple says it’s now powered by renewable energy worldwide
by njarboe on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @02:13AM
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Unless one of the kids you raise does something really great to improve the world. Not having kids to help the environment has no chance of working unless there is a world government that enforces the policy on everyone. This idea that not having children is a great good should be put rest. Raising children well is a lot of hard work and anyone who would do it well should be encouraged to have them.
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Re:Apple says it’s now powered by renewable energy worldwide
by paulcole on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @10:34AM
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> Unless one of the kids you raise does something really great to improve the world.
This is like saying “if he grows up to be a pro basketball player, he’ll be rich.” Should be pretty obvious that it’s an astronomical longshot at best.
Whether a child is raised well or not has nothing to do with their effect on the environment. Simply existing in the modern world clearly has a huge cost.
Re:Apple says it’s now powered by renewable energy worldwide
by njarboe on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @11:41AM
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Overall net positive environmental impact over the generations I guess would be a better way of stating it. A culture that believes in not breeding (for any reason) will not last very long.
Re:Apple says it’s now powered by renewable energy worldwide
by paulcole on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @11:56AM
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> Overall net positive environmental impact over the generations I guess would be a better way of stating it.
Multiple generations just multiplies the negative impact- it doesn't reverse it. At some point (which we may discover sooner rather than later) humanity's impact will be beyond repair.