Because people will have sex. And given that the very climate change deniers are also trying as hard as they can to outlaw abortion and birth control...
I am not sure that's entirely accurate, they are trying to limit late-term abortion, which is quite rare, but that's another topic altogether. Also I am not sure if republicans is indeed the
ruling party, despite it holding the presidency.
Before we continue, I would like express my respect and gratitude regarding your personal choice, most people just don't get it when I bring up the issue. As I said, I am not advocating it being
the solution for everyone, but anyone should be able to appreciate the irony and hypocrisy when someone that objectively "pollutes" more calls others unenvironmental.
It should be noted the role of nuclear is ambiguous under the GND resolution, although it's being excluded as part of the proposed mix. This renders the proposed plan almost cartoonish let alone unrealistic. So called renewables all have their unique environmental drawbacks, wind for example, have just been discovered they actually alter air flow and cause significant local climate change, and high amount of wind power could mean
more climate warming.
Given the state of current technology, nat gas and nuclear are perhaps the least of many evils, all things considered. The root cause of environmental issues is population, and to fix the problem at its core we either need to halt population growth (which btw, is already happening globally) or have some sort of
magic (I wouldn't even call it a tech) that provides and transmits limitless useable energy free of pollution.
Given the technological constraint, we are left with behavioral solutions. But these behavioral solutions must be realistic, the GND proposes to render air-travel unnecessary among many other things, lol I mean seriously? wtf? This is just as unattainable as "have less kids", and isn't even a tenth effective.
For a person who
chooses to procreate, the onus is then on
them to "make up" for the extra footprint. I would like to see some sort of tax-cut/rebate based on number of kids (but in reverse). I think the results would be a lot more environmental than conventional carbon taxes.