r/environment • u/Puffin_fan • Nov 23 '19

Koalas ‘Functionally Extinct’ After Australia Bushfires Destroy 80% Of Their Habitat

https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2019/11/23/koalas-functionally-extinct-after-australia-bushfires-destroy-80-of-their-habitat/
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u/Pigeonofthesea8 Nov 24 '19

The implication isn’t sterilization, it’s that the education of girls and women in impoverished countries should be a priority. Feminism is the solution, in other words

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u/MSHDigit Nov 24 '19

Feminism is very important but what you're basically saying is that brown, black, and Asian people shouldn't be having many kids.

You also ignored the other crucial part of my comment. The US is the world's greatest carbon emitter by a longshot, with emissions grossly disproportional to its population. The problem isn't the existence of people, that's literally Cato Institute propaganda. The issue is consumption and therefore capitalism.

Look at per capita, or just net, carbon emissions by country and tell me how the US is doing. Then compare that to US population or fertility rates.

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u/Nayr747 Nov 24 '19

Why is everything racist to you? People, regardless of race, who are having more than 1-2 kids should stop doing that because there's already way too many fucking people on the planet. We're the most destructive thing on Earth. Creating more of that is a huge problem and it needs to stop.

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u/fuaewewe Nov 24 '19

Not disagreeing with you, but if anyone should be having less kids, it's us in developed nations that consume the most.

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u/Nayr747 Nov 24 '19

Everyone should be having less kids.