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Kids born today are going to grow up in a hellscape, grim climate study finds (www.livescience.com)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Putting that third understates it, having kids is the worst thing a person can do

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

That is a really skewed stat. Having kids is only the worse thing a person can do, because of the average person's lifestyle (and therefore that kid's future lifestyle). How many cows are born each year (and release methane gasses into the atmosphere) just because the average person won't go without meat or milk?

If the average person didn't drive and was vegan, then the impact of having kids would be severely reduced.

EDIT: Put it this way, what do you think would be the environmental impact of a hermit dude living in the mountains who grows his own plant food? It might be an extreme example, but the point is illustrated.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You’re putting somebody else through a life they deserve better than

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That's an entirely separate discussion, I'm just talking about the environmental impact of having kids. The impact of having a kid is just the impact they will have as a person.