No they’re not - having a kid in an overpopulated world is 2 orders of magnitude worse in the USA.
- 2.4 tonnes of CO2e released per driver per year with the average fossil-fuel powered car.
- 1.2 tonnes of CO2e released for electric car users in most countries.
- 117.7 tonnes per kid per parent per year. Wynes et al. 2017
Human overpopulation is not only the biggest contributor to push us over climate-change tipping-points, it’s also the root cause of almost all other causes. It’s also the root cause of unsustainable habitat loss and pollution. It’s also the root cause of factory farming and industrial fishing, which causes more pain and suffering every year than all other atrocities ever committed in all of history combined.
“Enslave” is a bit harsh, considering there are about 38-50 million people who are currently slaves https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_21st_century
We’re choosing to allow a lot of the things these companies are doing to us; but we could choose to walk away at the cost of some shiny things.
Because they blocked you? Maybe they don’t want to see posts from people who don’t summarize the articles in the subject/title?
(The current subject is from the source, “Microsoft Follows Google on a Controversial Decision - gHacks Tech News”.)