Beyond sick of listening to breeders fret about the environment.
And breeders, you don't get to lecture anyone about their lifestyles, ever. This is because birthing carbon-spewing units is by far the most environmentally destructive thing you have done in your life -- and nothing will ever undo or reverse your destructive decision. From Reproduction and the carbon legacies of individuals, the authoritative Oregon State University study:
Below are a few examples of how much carbon dioxide (in metric tons) is saved over a lifetime (80 years) by a typical American for certain actions, including not having one child.
- Increase car's fuel economy from 20 to 30 mpg: 148
- Reduce miles driven from 231 to 155 per week: 147
- Replace single-glazed windows with energy-efficient windows: 121
- Replace ten 75-watt incandescent bulbs with 25-watt energy-efficient lights: 36
- Replace old refrigerator with energy-efficient model: 19
- Recycle newspapers, magazines, glass, plastic, aluminum and steel cans: 17
- Reduce number of children by one (with emissions fixed at 2005 per-capita values): 9,441
The conclusion:
Clearly, the potential savings from reduced reproduction are huge compared to the savings that can be achieved by changes in lifestyle. For example, a woman in the United States who adopted the six non-reproductive changes in Table 3 would save about 486 tons of CO2 emissions during her lifetime, but, if she were to have two children, this would eventually add nearly 40 times that amount of CO2 (18,882 t) to the earth's atmosphere.
Submitted November 28, 2016 at 05:18AM by FUMoney http://ift.tt/2g86psw childfree
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