That's a *huge* amount of energy being transferred to the atmosphere

Re:That's a *huge* amount of energy being transferred to the... by cpach on Monday June 12, 2023 @09:38AM (#36293233)

Replacement fertility is around 2.10 kids per woman. Most rich countries are way below that line.

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Re:That's a *huge* amount of energy being transferred to the... by dukeyukey on Monday June 12, 2023 @10:00AM (#36293548)

Although that leads to the mother of all natural selection - after a few generations, you'll have selected almost exclusively for families that have lots of kids. My bet is that fertility will flatten out and recover a good bit over the next few decades.

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Re:That's a *huge* amount of energy being transferred to the... by LightBug1 on Monday June 12, 2023 @10:06AM (#36293629)

Global replacement rate is about 2.3 so ...

I wonder when many in those 'rich' countries will learn that they need to embrace that instead of 'build the wall'.

Anyway, I don't think replacement fertility is the right measure here. Replacement fertility could be crashing, but if the ratio of 'modern'* humanity is increasing as it is, then the problem remains ... there's probably a term for this if anyone knows.

* (by 'modern' [super air-quoted] I mean, those who have the wants and desires and ability to get the goods and services of the 'rich' countries).

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