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    8 months ago

    I never said that I want to just wait. We should leverage all possibilities in parallel to reduce the carbon footprint:

    • Increase green energy: solar power, wind turbines, tidal power etc.
    • Reduce energy consumption
    • Find ways to increase prices of products and services that are bad for the environment (not only CO2, but also methane, PTFE etc.)
    • Fine companies which violate environmental laws or thresholds with significantly higher amounts than today
    • Increase tolls in imported products and ban imports of products that do not meet sustainability criteria […]

    All these measures are important steps to take to reduce the average footprint. But still on top of all these things the total number of humans is a signicifant multipler for the total footprint.

    A human can only use less ressources only no human will take no ressources.

    Once again: I do not promote state-forced birth control, I do not condemn parents, children etc. I’m simply saying that if people voluntarily decide to reproduce at a lower scale, that that has a positive impact on the planet and in the end helps the future generations.