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Re:Earth’s average 2023 temperature is now likely to reach 1... by Izkata on Friday September 22, 2023 @11:09PM (#37620288)
> Who is going to tell people to have fewer children?

No need really, most (all?) western countries and large swathes of the rest of the world are already below replacement rate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_fer...

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Re:Earth’s average 2023 temperature is now likely to reach 1... by 29athrowaway on Saturday September 23, 2023 @01:39AM (#37620828)
It took all of human history up to 1800 AD to reach a population of 1 billion.

Now, in the next 30 years we will have grown by almost 2 billion.

Don't you see the problem?

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