Wanna help slow global warming? Stop making babies - Polidicks

[url]http://io9.com/5670885/the-best-way-to-slow-global-warming-is-to-stop-having-babies[/url] [quote]Despite the many possible technological and political solutions to global warming, one highly effective way to reduce carbon emissions is pretty straightforward: stop procreating. This seems, at first, like one of those painfully self-evident scientific conclusions. Fewer humans generate less greenhouse gases, so global warming slows. This study, published in the [I]Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences[/I] and performed by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), is interesting because it attempts to quantify population effects on global warming projections. The researchers drew from a number of data sources and demographic projections of potential population "growth paths." Then they created global warming scenarios using a computer model called the Population-Environment-Technology model. Their projections were detailed enough to consider household type, urban versus rural populations, and population aging. Some of their findings were hopeful. If population growth follows a slower growth path, the slowdown itself could account for up to 29 percent of the emissions reductions thought to be necessary to prevent harmful climate change. Aging populations can reduce emissions as well, since they tend to fuel less economic growth and industrial output – some industrialized nations could see a 20 percent drop in emissions just by getting older. Brian O'Neill, lead author of the paper and a scientist at NCAR, said, "If global population growth slows down, it is not going to solve the climate problem, but it can make a contribution, especially in the long term." Unfortunately, a subtle shift in demographics can exacerbate the problem. If population growth favors urban areas, it could result in a 25 percent increase in greenhouse emissions. Growth in developing countries, which use more energy per capita than industrialized nations, might also throw off the balance. There are plenty of high-tech potential solutions to greenhouse emissions, from carbon sequestration to electric cars. This study shows that we can put a huge dent in the problem with technology that's 50 years old (birth control pills) or even a few centuries old (condoms).[/quote] Congrats Virgins! Your doing your part to save the world!

I'm helping :smug:

Yeah, this isn't the target audience of this particular article.

Yeah and let's wipe out humanity while we're at it.

I was only planning to have one kid so I'm good

Blizzard is saving our climate. Thank god for WoW.

Being gay is now environmentally friendly

I don't believe in global warming :colbert: Fuck you

[QUOTE=The Pretender;25617066]I don't believe in global warming :colbert: Fuck you[/QUOTE] I hope you're kidding. On topic: What MasterG said. Until large-scale resettlement of human beings to off-world colonies is feasible, this is the best thing to do.

[QUOTE=The Pretender;25617066]I don't believe in global warming :colbert: Fuck you[/QUOTE] I don't believe that 2+2=4

[QUOTE=Franke_R!?;25616902]Yeah and let's wipe out humanity while we're at it.[/QUOTE] Why would not having sex wipe out humanity. The global warming can wipe out humanity, yes.

Im gay :D also even if i wasn't im sterile :( Was born a preemie Adopt people! [editline]24th October 2010[/editline] [quote=somerandomguy18;25616907]i was only planning to have one kid so i'm good[/quote] adopt!

More proof that anti-gay hatred is irrational.

Hatred is irrational in general

I was planning on only have two children anyway, or three if the current global climate improves.

[QUOTE=Laserbeams;25617414]Hatred is irrational in general[/QUOTE] I hate irrationality.

I live in a town where everybody cranks out babies like there's no tomorrow.

[QUOTE=MasterG;25616924]encourage family planning[/QUOTE] You mean force people to only have one or two children legally? Yeah, that did a lot of good for China. [QUOTE=Laserbeams;25617213]The global warming can wipe out humanity, yes.[/QUOTE] I don't think a rise in sea levels and an increase in temperature are going to do anything to us any time soon. The Middle Ages were hotter on average, and humanity didn't die out then. We're not going anywhere any time in the near future, son.

[QUOTE=Jenkem;25619327]You mean force people to only have one or two children legally? Yeah, that did a lot of good for China. I don't think a rise in sea levels and an increase in temperature are going to do anything to us any time soon. The Middle Ages were hotter on average, and humanity didn't die out then. We're not going anywhere any time in the near future, son.[/QUOTE] Still, not having kids is easier than causing a global warming

Wasn't this already a well known and accepted concept?

[QUOTE=Jenkem;25619327]You mean force people to only have one or two children legally? I don't think a rise in sea levels and an increase in temperature are going to do anything to us any time soon. The Middle Ages were hotter on average, and humanity didn't die out then. We're not going anywhere any time in the near future, son.[/QUOTE] You don't think it, so what? That don't mean shit when faced with the facts. The rate at which human activity is affecting climate change is accelerating and even a few meters in sea rise and a few degrees of temperature rise would cause a shitstorm. Over a billion displaced people is just one of the things which will be caused by this disastrous calamity over the years, besides worldwide farmland being made unusable causing large food shortages, even more drastic situation in terms of fresh water than it already is, et cetera, et cetera. The establishment is fucking humanity up and throwing our future down the drain due to their greed, our civilization is a big dumb game and most people are uninformed, barely anything can be done to stop it due to the way the system works so why don't we, the people start at the basics and stop reproducing like a bunch of animals and grow the fuck up. Humans are sentient but unfortunately most people (mostly proles) don't make much of it. What a shame. This is the reality, folks. Shit needs to be done.

Now I have an argument to prove that I'm not completely useless! :buddy:

well i known this for years the only problem is that sadly the only people smart enough to know to not make babies will be hugely out numbered by the dumb who do meaning that there will be more dumb people making even more babies. not having children is still the best thing you can do for the world and there or other ways to get a child then making one

[QUOTE=Glorious leader;25617164]I don't believe that 2+2=4[/QUOTE] Good for you

Too bad there's no global warming to begin with.

[QUOTE=orgornot;25621531]Too bad there's no global warming to begin with.[/QUOTE] even if its not true (i didnt expect a conspiracy theory like that to be so widely excepted) having more people of course has other bad effects on the environment

[QUOTE=orgornot;25621531]Too bad there's no global warming to begin with.[/QUOTE] The global warming is real, and you not believing in it wont help

Good job facepunch, you are doing your part.

Except that, y' know, Global Warming isn't real :downs:

Even if global warming isn't real, we're headed for a global population crisis anyway.