Posted on 07/12/2017 4:56:55 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Want to fight climate change? Have fewer children
Next best actions are selling your car, avoiding flights and going vegetarian, according to study into true impacts of different green lifestyle choices
The greatest impact individuals can have in fighting climate change is to have one fewer child, according to a new study that identifies the most effective ways people can cut their carbon emissions.
The next best actions are selling your car, avoiding long flights, and eating a vegetarian diet. These reduce emissions many times more than common green activities, such as recycling, using low energy light bulbs or drying washing on a line. However, the high impact actions are rarely mentioned in government advice and school textbooks, researchers found.
Carbon emissions must fall to two tonnes of CO2 per person by 2050 to avoid severe global warming, but in the US and Australia emissions are currently 16 tonnes per person and in the UK seven tonnes. “That’s obviously a really big change and we wanted to show that individuals have an opportunity to be a part of that,” said Kimberly Nicholas, at Lund University in Sweden and one of the research team.
The new study, published in Environmental Research Letters, sets out the impact of different actions on a comparable basis. By far the biggest ultimate impact is having one fewer child, which the researchers calculated equated to a reduction of 58 tonnes of CO2 for each year of a parent’s life.
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I tried a vegetarian diet but had frequent greenhouse gas emissions.
Bingo. The correct answer for those who “care”.
Warmunists can go first.
In Europe, they’re having fewer childern. Well, the natives are. The Muzzie migrants are breeding like rabbits.
They have it right in a sense: If you think your children are harmful to the world, you should have fewer children. Having seen my kids grow up, they are contributing far more than they consume. Like most conservatives, my kids make the world a better place. It’s leftists (that believe this nonsense) who are a drain on resources.
Let’s just have fewer liberals.
The best way to fight ‘global warming’ is to stop sweating over silly baloney.
You Brits need to be telling that to your islamic invaders/guests.
Save the planet. Kill yourself.
What if you want climate change? I do. I hate the monotony of an unchanged climate. After a while you get bored. I want change!!!
Absolutely.
I wish the parents of this author knew about this-——if you get my drift.
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Oh no, can’t have fewer babies...gotta have those african mothers pinch off 7-8 kids each on average ...
Want to reduce fight climate change? DIE SOON!!!!!
Avoid having children so Islam can instead infect the West.
And go on fewer cruises, don’t buy electric cars, or solar panels . . .
Stable, educated couples should have 3+ kids. How you define stable I’m not sure. EVERY single woman should bring 1 child into the world for her physical/mental health. If she can’t take care of the child someone else will-even if they’re same sex. Go to work and pay the child’s bills. The gene pool is unfair. Time to recognize it and keep the welfare types below replacement level.
The best thing environmentalists can do for the planet is to die. Set an example for others.
don’t have children and end up like Europe. No thank you.
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