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[mc32]

You forgot stabilizing pop growth.

[AtlasBarfed → mc32]

Population growth hasn't been the problem for decades.

The problem is per-capita consumption. The "westernization" of India and China is 2.5-3 billion people that want western consumption patterns.

[ECA_stax → AtlasBarfed]

> Population growth hasn't been the problem for decades.

Of course it is. Populations always eventually demand development, aka "westernization". So as the world population grows, so does the consumption.

[seanwilson → ECA_stax]

> So as the world population grows, so does the consumption.

This includes dairy + meat consumption, where about 70 billion animals are farmed for food each year right now. When someone brings up that humans are overpopulating the planet, I've never heard someone mention that overpopulating the planet with livestock is also an issue.

[TheSpiceIsLife → seanwilson]

Nonsense.

Someone always brings up agricultural emissions.

The Australian government talks about it directly here:

https://www.agriculture.gov.au/ag-farm-food/climatechange/au...