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July 4, 2019
Map of countries by fertility rate (2018), according to CIA World Factbook
Yet, the US is the primary source of carbon dioxide emissions:
Countries by carbon dioxide emissions in thousands of tonnes per annum, via the burning of fossil fuels (blue the highest and green the lowest).
The reason is our very high per capita CO₂ emissions:
Birth rates clearly are not the cause of "climate change."
By harping about "birth control," US citizens can blame Africans for "climate change" because their birth rate is so high. If our per capita CO₂ emissions matched Africa’s, we wouldn’t be in this predicament.
That’s why I have decided the meme is racist in nature.
It’s also a convenient excuse not to do something difficult, like cutting our per capita emissions. After all, such efforts are useless if those Africans are going to keep breeding? (Right?)
I have decided that the "birth control"/"climate change" meme is racist
The US has a relatively low total fertility rate (births per woman) compared to Africa:
Map of countries by fertility rate (2018), according to CIA World Factbook
Yet, the US is the primary source of carbon dioxide emissions:
Countries by carbon dioxide emissions in thousands of tonnes per annum, via the burning of fossil fuels (blue the highest and green the lowest).
The reason is our very high per capita CO₂ emissions:
Birth rates clearly are not the cause of "climate change."
By harping about "birth control," US citizens can blame Africans for "climate change" because their birth rate is so high. If our per capita CO₂ emissions matched Africa’s, we wouldn’t be in this predicament.
That’s why I have decided the meme is racist in nature.
It’s also a convenient excuse not to do something difficult, like cutting our per capita emissions. After all, such efforts are useless if those Africans are going to keep breeding? (Right?)
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