TrashGoblin [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to videos@hexbear.netEnglish · 9 months agoKurzgesagt has gone mask off, maybe.www.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: mealtimevideos@lemmy.world
arrow-up153arrow-down1external-linkKurzgesagt has gone mask off, maybe.www.youtube.comTrashGoblin [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to videos@hexbear.netEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square27fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: mealtimevideos@lemmy.world
minus-squarewindowlicker [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 months agonow compare the emissions of having a child to military activities and billionaires using their jets constantly for like 30 minute trips
minus-squarestewie3128 [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-29 months agoObviously those things are on a different scale, but there are 3.7 million children born in the US alone every year. That means it would take 193 million people -per year - switching to an entirely car-free lifestyle to negate that. Or 400 million people per year switching to a plant-based diet. Billionaires and the military doing bad stuff doesn’t justify the ecological harm of enlarging the human population.
now compare the emissions of having a child to military activities and billionaires using their jets constantly for like 30 minute trips
Obviously those things are on a different scale, but there are 3.7 million children born in the US alone every year.
That means it would take 193 million people -per year - switching to an entirely car-free lifestyle to negate that.
Or 400 million people per year switching to a plant-based diet.
Billionaires and the military doing bad stuff doesn’t justify the ecological harm of enlarging the human population.