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minus-squaresocsa@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoIf there was a meteor about to destroy all life within a year, bringing kids into that would be widely acknowledged as unethical. Many people believe that doesn’t change just because the timeframe is longer.
minus-squarenull_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 day agoThere is no existential threat like a meteor though. Sure, climate change is a big deal. It’s going to cause famine and war. We need to take action to address it both in the short, medium, and long term. However, climate change is not going to make earth uninhabitable.
If there was a meteor about to destroy all life within a year, bringing kids into that would be widely acknowledged as unethical. Many people believe that doesn’t change just because the timeframe is longer.
There is no existential threat like a meteor though.
Sure, climate change is a big deal. It’s going to cause famine and war. We need to take action to address it both in the short, medium, and long term.
However, climate change is not going to make earth uninhabitable.