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. @NellFrizzell should read our #SimonAbundanceIndex. Children do not strain the world's resources.
In fact, the opposite is true: each new child is correlated with an increase in resource abundance.
https://www.humanprogress.org/the-simon-abundance-index-2021/ https://twitter.com/BritishVogue/status/1386270538432225281
In fact, the opposite is true: each new child is correlated with an increase in resource abundance.
https://www.humanprogress.org/the-simon-abundance-index-2021/ https://twitter.com/BritishVogue/status/1386270538432225281
Another dubious claim in the article: "Pollution now kills more people than tobacco – and three times as many as AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria combined."
Air pollution deaths are actually going down. AIDS, Malaria, and TB deaths are just decreasing faster.
Air pollution deaths are actually going down. AIDS, Malaria, and TB deaths are just decreasing faster.
Air pollution deaths: https://www.humanprogress.org/dataset/deaths-from-air-pollution/?regions=517
HIV/AIDS deaths:
https://www.humanprogress.org/dataset/hiv-aids-deaths/?regions=517&view=selected
TB deaths:
https://www.humanprogress.org/dataset/tuberculosis-deaths/?regions=517&view=selected
Malaria deaths:
https://www.humanprogress.org/dataset/malaria-deaths/?regions=517&view=selected
HIV/AIDS deaths:
https://www.humanprogress.org/dataset/hiv-aids-deaths/?regions=517&view=selected
TB deaths:
https://www.humanprogress.org/dataset/tuberculosis-deaths/?regions=517&view=selected
Malaria deaths:
https://www.humanprogress.org/dataset/malaria-deaths/?regions=517&view=selected
Rich countries might consume more per capita, but economic development is good for the environment.
Developing economically has an initial environmental cost, but once a society is developed, it starts to care about the environment, and the damage is reversed.
It's called the environmental Kuznets curve, and it applies to CO2 emissions as well as deforestation and poaching.
It's called the environmental Kuznets curve, and it applies to CO2 emissions as well as deforestation and poaching.
Poaching: https://www.humanprogress.org/true-environmentalists-should-prioritize-economic-prosperity/
Deforestation: https://www.humanprogress.org/what-do-the-numbers-show-about-global-deforestation/
Deforestation: https://www.humanprogress.org/what-do-the-numbers-show-about-global-deforestation/
In other words, no, having a baby in 2021 is not environmental vandalism.
