• psud@aussie.zone
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    4 hours ago

    Only white people.

    Asia: empty

    Africa: empty

    Maybe southern Europe also empty

    Does this fix climate change?

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      3 hours ago

      No, we’ll just consume more.

      We’re doing a lot of bullshit. Research shows we could maintain our effective lifestyle while cutting consumption by up to 60%

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      3 hours ago

      No, because 10% of richest people on Earth (majorly Western Bloc, including Europe) are responsible for 50-66% of global emissions.

      For example:

      Ethiopian is responsible for 0.14 tonnes of CO2 emissions yearly on average.

      A Swede on average is responsible for 3.43 tonnes of emissions.

      An American is responsible for 13.83 tonnes.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions_per_capita

      The issue isn’t overpopulation, not at all, but that we have a bunch of countries with hyperconsumerist economy, a car in every household, high electricity usage, accessible red meat, air-conditioning etc.

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        3 hours ago

        White is about 10% of the population. It doesn’t matter much that the 7 billion gone used less than them. 8 billion to 800 million. It feels like it can’t help but reduce the world CO2 output significantly

        And then the economic damage of losing Asia is unimaginable. You’ve never seen a depression like that would be. No manufactured goods would be available until Europe and the remains of America bring up industry