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savjee ( savjee@lemmy.world )  to World NewsEnglish · 3 years ago

If we all cycled like the Dutch, CO2 emissions would drop by 690 million tonnes

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If we all cycled like the Dutch, CO2 emissions would drop by 690 million tonnes

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savjee ( savjee@lemmy.world )  to World NewsEnglish · 3 years ago
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Cycling like the Dutch would slash the world’s carbon footprint
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If everybody cycled like the Dutch, we could offset the UK or Australia’s entire carbon footprint.
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    You won’t convince people

    I don’t have to. Birth rates in the developed world are plummeting.

    And unless I’m mistaken, you are the one trying to convince people right now. Edit: I was, in fact, mistaken.

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      Birth rates are plummeting to maintain what will probably be around 13 billion. That’s wildly distinct from willful extinction.

      I… What? You made a post saying people should do x, I responded. Yeah we’re both trying to convince people of a thing, I’m not sure I see how that is actually relevant.

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        “[S]omeone has to to continue the species” —you, not me someone else

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          I did not, in fact, say that.

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            I see. Apologies for the confusion.

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      Birthrates are not plummeting to zero, if thats what youre implying. As people get more educated, they tend to have fewer kids. No one is considering having “fewer” kids because of the childs lifetime GHG emissions

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        Birth rates are plummeting for a variety of reasons, but that is most certainly one of them. No one in their right mind would willingly bring a child into this world knowing what’s going to happen, and educated people know what’s going to happen.

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