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This sounds good.
But we are not running out of fossil fuels.
Why doesn't anyone (but me) link the plunge (a deep plunge) in birth and fertility rates to energy use.
Fewer people mean less energy consumption. (There are problems associated with it.)
Right?
Ben
This sounds good.
But we are not running out of fossil fuels.
Why doesn't anyone (but me) link the plunge (a deep plunge) in birth and fertility rates to energy use.
Fewer people mean less energy consumption. (There are problems associated with it.)
Right?
Ben
posted by Ben Wattenberg at 7:40 AM
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Ben, nobody links them in the way you see it, because if anything, decreasing birth rates mean that our energy problems will get WORSE, not better, because energy use actually INCREASES as societies become wealthier. And, as you know, decreases in fertility are often associated with significant increases in per-capita wealth.
The industrialized nations of the West use FAR MORE energy per person than the more populous undeveloped nations. As standard of living increases, people start having fewer children but they use a whole lot more energy to feed their habits.
As nations such as Iran, Mexico and India continue to see fertility rates decline, they will see an increase in per capita energy use.
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