Is it still ok to have kids in face of climate change?

Re:Is it still ok to have kids in face of climate change? by cortesoft on Monday February 25, 2019 @12:08PM (#19247156)

I get your argument, but in terms of environmental impact on climate change, those ‘smart, educated, and motivated’ kids will likely have a greater negative impact on climate change than less educated kids.

It is the successful people who harm the environment the most.

I still don’t believe that we should stop having kids, but let’s not pretend that OUR kids won’t harm the environment.

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Re:Is it still ok to have kids in face of climate change? by thatfrenchguy on Monday February 25, 2019 @12:15PM (#19247248)

Step 1. Move outside the US Step 2. Watch your kids's CO2 emissions get divided by 3 by pure magic.

The lifestyle the US society pushes on you and your children pushes you to have much higher CO2 emissions than really useful (airplanes to go everywhere, higher salaries and higher consumption, ...).

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Re:Is it still ok to have kids in face of climate change? by rayiner on Monday February 25, 2019 @12:10PM (#19247199)

It's also the educated, motivated kids in the developed world that have the greatest chance of averting or remediating climate change.

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Re:Is it still ok to have kids in face of climate change? by mc32 on Monday February 25, 2019 @12:16PM (#19247261)

Probably the best result would be a soft leveling off rather than abrupt stoppage in reproduction anywhere. Interestingly, some historians claim the Black Plague in Britain/England caused a disruption which later on cascaded in such way to allow the the transition from feudalism to more capital intensive economics (same wealth distributed among fewer heirs).

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Re:Is it still ok to have kids in face of climate change? by craftyguy on Monday February 25, 2019 @12:54PM (#19247659)

Some of the worst offenders, which are generally companies and governments, are led by educated, motivated kits in the developed world.

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