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tzs 15 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Oceans hit highest temperature on record

Under per person the amount per person is the total amount we decide is acceptable for humanity to emit. Breeding more people doesn’t change the total. It just reduces the amount each person is allowed.

OroPla 15 days ago [–]

So when one part of the Earth decides to make more people another part of the Earth gets less?

If this really happened it would incentivize genocide against less developed nations.

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