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Originally Posted by indes
There are more countries in the world panicking about low birth rates than there is the opposite. https://populationmatters.org/news/2...jections-2024/
Most researchers have the population peaking in around 50 years and then declining. A bunch have also said that's optimistic with birth rates that are trending down already. Either way we're only a couple of generations away from rapid population decline. |
Sure, in the context of wanting an increasing population for their economy to keep increasing or warm bodies to throw into a literal meat grinder while you're invading a neighboring country.
That UN chart has the likely median projection of
world population continuing to increase year after year until mid-2080. and then maybe gradually flattening from there. In the meantime, the previous study indicates that emissions had to be cut fully in half by . . .
2030. Nevermind the growing cohort that is moving from poverty/low incomes to the middle class along with a likely massive increase in energy demand along with it. It's gonna be tough unfortunately.
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Originally Posted by Goriders
So are you suggesting we should start sterilizing the population.
Who are you Pol Pot?
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Oh, nice Godwin's Law adjacency. Hey, it's not my scientific study. Are we against science now?
I'm not suggesting anything of the sort. I specifically said that we should be taxing bad behaviours just like the Liberal carbon tax is supposed to incentive other behaviours. Nobody is seriously trying to start World Wars or starting death panels to shrink the population with the goal of reducing world emissions. Or was Thanos right?
Now, I am honestly half-joking but why would you give financial incentives to the worst behaviours if you're advocating things like the carbon tax in the greater goal of needing to massively cut emissions.