Everybody knows what needs to be done. Parenthood needs to be sustainable for the parents. There’s just no political will to implement a policy that will only start paying off in 20+ years. Every politician kicks the can down the road, or implements half-hearted policies.
Edit: Just realised I posted this to the wrong instance comm 😅
Alternative approach: let the population decline so we have more natural resources per person
We have no real shortage of natural resources, the problem lies with equitable distribution of said resources.
At this rate we might run out tho
Of what? The general issue is mismanagement and unsustainable usage of resources. If we’re sustainable, it doesn’t matter how big the population is. If we’re unsustainable, we’ll run out anyway and it’s just a matter of time.
You go ahead and convince Trump to not “drill baby drill”. There’s more to having enough resources than the theoretical optimal usage. There’s also real world usage
You’re making the assumption that with less population, they won’t be able to mess up the environment. I personally find that assumption extremely dubious. There’s no limit on idiocy. Short of us losing technology, it’s a great force and idiocy multiplier.
Can you not put words in my mouth? We’ll run out of non-renewables eventually. Lets have that in a 1000 years and not a 100 please
Unsustainability is unsustainability. Does it matter if we run out in 100 years or 1000? The goal should be to go sustainable, and that is actually MORE likely to happen with a larger population base, as sustainable tech requires a higher tech base, and consequently a larger population base to support it.
It does matter, yes. How great are our odds of figuring out sustainability in 100 years vs 1000? And not just the tech. Also the politics and such.
Perhaps there is a balance. But right now I think we’re on the too much side of things