alt Hacker NewsI'm a little sceptical of claims like "poor people cause more pollution because they have more children than rich people do".
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throwaway5752 • last Monday at 6:37 PM
Having a child is on of the most carbon intensive actions any given person can make.
The numbers are what they are. Rich people have much greater obligation to reduce their emissions. They benefit most from economic activity and they cause the most emissions per capita.
If there were zero rich people tomorrow we would still have an emissions problem for the climate.
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Besides anything else although the birth rate varies according to income the variation isn't that big. It's dwarfed by the difference in income and hence consumption.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/241530/birth-rate-by-fam...