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Edit: I wanted to apologize after reading some of the comments. You raise some legitimate points, I realize that there is a subtle malthusian element to this chart and some of you feel like a burden already. Furthermore, you raise a good point about corporate pollution, oil companies, and how their footprint is much greater than average plebs like us.

That's 100% valid and I don't disagree with you at all. My "compromise" I guess would be that continue to apply pressure and protest against large corporations, but in terms of ourselves, just pick a few things you can cut down on yourself, it does not have to be everything on this list.

For example, I really prefer having animal products in my diet, but I am willing to live in a small apartment , car-free, and not go on vacation much in my adulthood. In the same way, you guys can pick what you are comfortable with in reducing and what you do not want to compromise on.

All of us have different standards of living and we are flexible on some things, and some things we are not flexible. That is alright, just consider changing what you are comfortable with, but please do not think you are a burden. Your presence and your life is valuable to me. I don't like to demoralize people.

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[–] Schlemmy@lemmy.ml 28 points 2 years ago (2 children)

OK. One less child. Now I just have to decide whether the boy or the girl has to go.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago

Mesoamerican human sacrifices to volcanoes to appease natural forces I suppose were one of the earliest policies to combat climate change.

[–] Baphomet_The_Blasphemer@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Girls are important for the continuation of our species, don't make the same mistakes China made.

[–] Hacksaw@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

But the continuation of our species is bad for the planet according to this graph. It's safer if we keep only men. The world record for most babies to a woman is 50x less than the world record for most babies to a man, so girls should be the limiting factor.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_with_the_most_children