Global warming: Are we doomed? A poll.

[Rev. Rye]

And, just to check, I cross-referenced the nations with the highest birth rates and the nations with the highest CO2 emissions. Of all the nations in the former list, exactly 3 (Angola, Sudan, and Nigeria) were among the top 100 CO2 emitters, only Nigeria is in the top quartile, and even their emissions are slightly more than 1.5% of the US’ emissions. In fact, doing the math, it looks like all 20 of the countries with the highest fertility rates have a combined amount of emissions that's less than 4% of America's (196,185,249 tons for the baby factories vs. 5,011,686,600 for America.) And, yes, that's all 20 of the countries combined.

I’m an anti-natalist, too, but, let’s face it, claiming that having fewer children is a solution to global warming is, in practical terms, kind of a shit argument for it. If you’re using global warming as a reason to not bring more children into the world, maybe it’d be better to talk about how irresponsible it is to bring more children into life on a planet whose climate is going to be more hostile to their existence.