Re:The Global Fertility Crash
by AnthonyMouse on Friday November 01, 2019 @03:42AM
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We already know how to get off of fossil fuels. We know how to make solar panels, nuclear reactors, electric cars, electric heat pumps, etc. The technology exists. It will likely continue to improve, but we could do it entirely with what already exists.
If we deploy it by the time today's unborn children become a significant fraction of the global carbon footprint, it isn't going to matter how many of them there are. And if we don't deploy it by the time today's unborn children become a significant fraction of the global carbon footprint, it isn't going to matter how many of them there are.
In the short term I think slightly below replacement level is ideal. Once we get past fossil fuel dependence at or slightly above replacement might be best. As long as we run on fossil fuel we are basically putting our children on a credit card with an unknown interest rate.