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Re:China emissions exceed all developed nations combined by MikeUt on Friday May 07, 2021 @06:54PM (#27081740)
Why? We are told that having a child is the most environmentally damaging decision one could make [1,2,3,4]. And the developed world already has sub-replacement fertility - for about half a century now. But that counts for nothing?

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/12/want-to-...

[2] https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/science-proves-kids-ar...

[3] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/20/give-up-having...

[4] https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/07/14/...

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Re:China emissions exceed all developed nations combined by amanaplanacanal on Saturday May 08, 2021 @05:57AM (#27085571)
China has sub-replacement fertility too.
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Re:China emissions exceed all developed nations combined by MikeUt on Saturday May 08, 2021 @06:54AM (#27085915)
Today. But it had much higher fertility in the past, even relative to other countries back then: https://img.caixin.com/2018-09-13/1536823492774171.jpg

Fertility at a single moment in time is meaningless, which is why you look at the total population.

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