Avoiding meat and dairy is ‘single biggest way’ to reduce your impact on Earth

Re:Avoiding meat and dairy is ‘single biggest way’ to reduce... by teachrdan on Thursday May 31, 2018 @06:02PM (#17200712)

In addition to having fewer children (or none at all), I wonder how much of a difference it makes to have children later in life?

What's the math on starting to have kids at 30 years of age instead of 20, especially if that pattern is repeated by your progeny?

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Re:Avoiding meat and dairy is ‘single biggest way’ to reduce... by tagh on Thursday May 31, 2018 @10:27PM (#17202142)

All else being equal including the number of children, I think this would increase the age gap between generations and therefore decrease the average number of people alive at any given time. But unless the number of children being born changes, it won't change the trend.

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Re:Avoiding meat and dairy is ‘single biggest way’ to reduce... by liftdd on Sunday June 03, 2018 @12:41PM (#17220365)

I may be wrong but I think the longer females wait to have children the more health risks they accumulate for themselves and the child(ren).

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