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Not having children isn't going to solve the climate crisis because the effect are at a very long term. Children have a very small carbon footprint, they only have a significant footprint when they're adults so we're talking 20 years from now.

We have to reduce emissions right now, not at your inexisting great-grandchildren generation.




> Children have a very small carbon footprint, they only have a significant footprint when they're adults so we're talking 20 years from now.

This is the same reason I don’t save any money for retirement. Somebody will surely have figured things out by the time for me to stop working! I can do what I want with no consequences.




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