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How is this not a ridiculous fringe idea? There are plenty of completely valid reasons not to want to have children. Climate change is absolutely not one of them. If you told me 0.39% of people actually felt that way I'd be wondering why it's such a huge number (in absolute terms). The fact that it's up to 100x that is pretty surprising, in a bad way.

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This is just your opinion. I think maybe climate change is the primary reason to not have kids in like .39% of people not having kids, but one of several or many reasons, doesn't mean much. Not drinking gasoline because it tastes bad is a reason I don't do it. Not the primary reason, sure, but still one of the many reasons. Same thing here, there's a long list of reasons, and climate change is one of them for many people.

I think rationalizing any parenting choice as a duty to society is pathological, since we’re sharing.

The sad reality of this poll just shows what a couple decades of fear mongering on any given subject can do to the populace.

Exactly, fear mongering and money printing. Bitcoin fixes this

"Western people don't want to have kids"

HN: "... Bitcoin fixes this"

The actual poll "thirty-nine percent reported they feel uncertain about having children, given the uncertainty of the environment and the added carbon footprint brought by having kids."

Being uncertain and decided to not have kids primary because of it are massively different.

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