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minus-squarekevindqc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·edit-25 months agoI’ll take the lesser evil of local pollution over sending billions of tons of greenhouse gas into the atmosphere every year. I doubt degrowth will ever happen unless it’s caused by population collapse due to mass casualties.
minus-squareFiniteBanjo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoI think education alone curbs population growth towards negatives, and that policies can easily decrease population growth far into the negative, as many modern nations have illustrated. Mass casualties aren’t realistic or necessary.
I’ll take the lesser evil of local pollution over sending billions of tons of greenhouse gas into the atmosphere every year.
I doubt degrowth will ever happen unless it’s caused by population collapse due to mass casualties.
I think education alone curbs population growth towards negatives, and that policies can easily decrease population growth far into the negative, as many modern nations have illustrated. Mass casualties aren’t realistic or necessary.