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What's So Terrible About Kids?

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Thrudd:
I think the discussion is seemingly, either on purpose or just a consequence of the point of view taken, missing something.
Responsibility.
Not just to self or in some grandiose yet wishy washy something or other about the planet being better off.
[note: the planet will get along just fine without us and cares about us just as much as it did for the trilobites in the past]

There are other responsibilities as well,  a few were touched on in passing and then brushed aside as inconsequential.
Family and friends for one but then community as the other and then there is the big one that the vast majority never think about even in passing, the human race as a whole.
That last one only a very rare few think about, have a positive impact on and are recognized only after their passing for the most part, if at all.


/Begin Tangent
Having children is genetic selfishness.
Not having children and not doing anything for ANYONE is personal selfishness, plain and simple.

>> Not having children is not selfish in and of itself. <<

The reasoning and actions around that decision can and from some of the arguments presented here, are selfish.
/End Tangent

bhtooefr:
For what it's worth, a single average American child will need the following energy sources in their lifetime (http://www.mii.org/pdfs/baby.pdf):

6.29 million ft^3 of natural gas
504,192 lbs of coal
72,556 gallons of petroleum

Compared to the estimated reserves, that looks fine, but remember, that's adding to the existing consumption, and almost all of that is nonrenewable!

It's unfair to the world to bring a kid into it.

Also, given the geopolitical issues in this world, it's unfair to the kid to forcibly bring it into the world.

And, in my personal case, I know my fuse is WAY too short to ever raise a kid. I also just don't like kids, and have better things to do with my life.

Finvara:
There's really nothing you can do with your life that's more valuable than raising the next generation. What important to remember is that if you're concerned about additional energy consumption or overpopulation, adoption doesn't make either of those any worse at all, it just makes a life better.

Not everybody has to go about it, but saying "not me, kids? never" makes a definite statement about your maturity.

Thrudd:
Interesting statistics though most of those things listed are renewable and the non-renewable ones are predominantly towards the industrial infrastructure.

Numbers Never Lie
Science and Engineering
Then there's Marketing

It may seem crazy but manufacturing will be as wasteful and messy as they can get away with as long as it is more profitable that way in the very short term.  :psyduck: talk about your stone-age mentality on a global scale.  :psyduck:

As for the future and kids ..... you could still be a responsible person and make the world, or your corner of it, better for everyone else  ..... Challenging eh? [Shrek voice]

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