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46. You're right!

Fri Aug 18, 2023, 01:28 PM

Aug 2023

On average, billionaires are responsible for emitting “3 million tonnes” of carbon a year, which is, “more than a million times the average for someone in the bottom 90% of humanity.”
Nov 8, 2022

https://indianexpress.com
And: https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/11/08/billionaires-responsible-for-million-times-more-emissions-than-average-person-oxfam-report#:~:text=Billionaires%20are%20responsible%20for%20a,emissions%20of%2085%20million%20cars.

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Major 'Population Correction' Coming For Humanity, Scientist Predicts [View all] CousinIT Aug 2023 OP

I'm surprised we've lasted as long as we have. RandySF Aug 2023 #1

Homo Sapiens as a species no smarter than yeast. bullimiami Aug 2023 #2

Most of the death blow has come in the last 100 years. GoodRaisin Aug 2023 #77

"...reproduce exponentially, expand geographically, and consume all available resources," keithbvadu2 Aug 2023 #3

+1 ... Auggie Aug 2023 #7

The Matrix keithbvadu2 Aug 2023 #8

Thanks Auggie Aug 2023 #14

The deaths will be brutal Johnny2X2X Aug 2023 #4

Climate Darwinism, ... stuck in the middle Aug 2023 #6

It makes me fear for the US Johnny2X2X Aug 2023 #9

There certainly is a feedback effect harumph Aug 2023 #12

That's very insightful that Republicans depend on fear at the polls, yardwork Aug 2023 #81

The final chapter of "The Shock Doctrine"... Hestia Aug 2023 #98

We'll be overrun by the victims of Empire, orthoclad Aug 2023 #68

There was also that huge volcanic eruption in Nicaraugua a couple of years ago - pretty Hestia Aug 2023 #97

As crazy as it sounds Johnny2X2X Aug 2023 #104

Climate change will add to the migrations. Swede Aug 2023 #10

Pretty soon Americans will be the migrants FakeNoose Aug 2023 #26

Yep. I watch A LOT of nature docs and have scouted out a place to head for; looking Hestia Aug 2023 #99

If I were young enough I'd be looking at northern Minnesota or Wisconsin FakeNoose Aug 2023 #101

What will the world look like when my daughter is my age? underpants Aug 2023 #5

The biggest concern of my existance. nt Prairie_Seagull Aug 2023 #13

Yup, and should be for every one. KPN Aug 2023 #30

Yeah, I often worry for my 6 year old and what he will need to deal with when he is an adult. honest.abe Aug 2023 #20

I've been watching End of Civilizations on You Tube Marthe48 Aug 2023 #11

A lot of them were also mercenaries, especially toward the end Hestia Aug 2023 #100

We died from Yacht disease! Brainfodder Aug 2023 #15

oddly enough, some species will .... SarcasticSatyr Aug 2023 #24

Not just "yacht disease" Duppers Aug 2023 #36

A lot of Gen Zers will choose to not have kids because of global warming. Sky Jewels Aug 2023 #16

As well as many millenials -- because of global warming as well as other pretty much global issues. KPN Aug 2023 #34

My hypothesis for the number one cause of smaller families in most modern societies: swong19104 Aug 2023 #42

Transition from agrarianism and birth control. TheProle Aug 2023 #60

Mine too and I chose to have only one child. Duppers Aug 2023 #44

Bob Dylan's "Masters of War"....... SergeStorms Aug 2023 #45

my kid doesn't want any either Takket Aug 2023 #88

I'm Gen X and I never had kids Withywindle Aug 2023 #93

Very good point about the economic conditions. Sky Jewels Aug 2023 #96

The world has metastatic cancer and Disaffected Aug 2023 #17

Capitalism is the cancer orthoclad Aug 2023 #29

In medical analogy, I would say Disaffected Aug 2023 #38

While flying . . . Richard D Aug 2023 #18

Ignored the simple rule, don't piss where you sleep ashredux Aug 2023 #19

Many countries are seeing population declines Farmer-Rick Aug 2023 #21

Overtaken by population increases in other nations Kaleva Aug 2023 #23

Yup, for now Farmer-Rick Aug 2023 #28

Giant cockroaches. Sky Jewels Aug 2023 #61

We are at 8 billion now Zeitghost Aug 2023 #71

Starvation caused by climate change will reduce the population Kaleva Aug 2023 #72

We will run out of people Zeitghost Aug 2023 #74

The people suffering in East Africa because of extreme drought say otherwise Kaleva Aug 2023 #76

Which is why Pootie didn't show up to the BRICS meeting in So Africa - he's starving out Hestia Aug 2023 #103

Open up more land, where exactly? NickB79 Aug 2023 #80

Right. Brenda Aug 2023 #94

On the other hand, corn and other crops will become too valuable to feed to animals... hunter Aug 2023 #106

Population or greed? orthoclad Aug 2023 #31

Both! Duppers Aug 2023 #40

When one billionaire orthoclad Aug 2023 #41

You're right! Duppers Aug 2023 #46

And most emissions from the poorer classes orthoclad Aug 2023 #69

True that. Farmer-Rick Aug 2023 #55

Agree orthoclad Aug 2023 #67

Congratulations! SergeStorms Aug 2023 #49

I disagree with humans going extinct. Back before Murdoch got his pudgy fingers on Hestia Aug 2023 #102

There are way too many fucking people. dalton99a Aug 2023 #22

Mother will correct that Traildogbob Aug 2023 #32

so we're an invasive ShepKat Aug 2023 #25

Insects have one group of species with which we share similarities. roamer65 Aug 2023 #27

and look at what happened in Africa last growing season - I forget Hestia Aug 2023 #105

I didn't know that about Africa and locusts. roamer65 Aug 2023 #108

Couples are still having large families here and I don't get how they aren't aware ffr Aug 2023 #33

Actually the U.S. fertility rate has been way below replacement for Hortensis Aug 2023 #48

Ha ha ha sure you get it. RandomNumbers Aug 2023 #83

A lot of the ones having lots of kids are Sky Jewels Aug 2023 #91

... roamer65 Aug 2023 #35

Thx for posting this: "Want to fight climate change? Duppers Aug 2023 #70

My footprint has to be near European. roamer65 Aug 2023 #75

Doom and Gloom stories of all kinds have been on the airwaves for generations. Why now the SWBTATTReg Aug 2023 #37

Malthusian ideology packaged as science... JCMach1 Aug 2023 #43

+1 leftstreet Aug 2023 #47

It's like catnip BannonsLiver Aug 2023 #56

I think we need about 30% less population than what we have now. LiberalFighter Aug 2023 #39

My personal "Domino Theory". One disaster will cause another, then another, then another. Midnight Writer Aug 2023 #50

In the context of this narrative, I don't see how the term correction in reference to significant msfiddlestix Aug 2023 #51

Inflation is doing a good job right now as far as population control. roamer65 Aug 2023 #52

Thomas Malthus was right. nt Progressive dog Aug 2023 #53

No he was not. former9thward Aug 2023 #62

Our technological advancements are not sustainable by any means NickB79 Aug 2023 #65

This message was self-deleted by its author NickB79 Aug 2023 #66

Maqlthus did not account for technology, Progressive dog Aug 2023 #87

"Soylent Green is People!" I just hope I get to go like Edgar G Robinson's character Hestia Aug 2023 #107

Far from it Zeitghost Aug 2023 #73

The world had a population in 1788 of Progressive dog Aug 2023 #86

Your mistake Zeitghost Aug 2023 #89

Changing trajectories doesn't work Progressive dog Aug 2023 #90

I have often thought we are on the edge of global disaster at any moment. honest.abe Aug 2023 #54

We have all the tools we need to muddle through this crisis without a lot of suffering and death. hunter Aug 2023 #57

+1 Kaleva Aug 2023 #59

+1. N/T obnoxiousdrunk Aug 2023 #63

Seems like you're broad-brushing those of us who are concerned. RandomNumbers Aug 2023 #82

George Carlin had it right. "Save the planet? The planet is fine. The people are are f%cked!" Simeon Salus Aug 2023 #58

"Leave nature alone" Martin Eden Aug 2023 #64

The people with the least amount of power will be the most harmed ck4829 Aug 2023 #78

Wild mammals now make up only 4% of global mammal biomass NickB79 Aug 2023 #79

Comfort, Convenience, Consumerism. That's what's done it. Ron Green Aug 2023 #84

I agree Ron. Brenda Aug 2023 #95

Too many humans are indeed wrecking the planet, Politicub Aug 2023 #85

We're absolutely f@cked. It's just a matter of when. budkin Aug 2023 #92