Editor’s note: This commentary is by Lance Polya, of Jericho, who retired as an adjunct lecturer in the Rubenstein School of Environmental and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont. He is currently on the board of Better (Not Bigger) Vermont.
[S]cience tells us that the best thing each and every one of us can do to lower our personal carbon footprint is to have one less child.
In fact, as the chart below dramatically illustrates, reducing population is over eight times more effective than all the common steps combined we take to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions
Since every child is another lifetime emitter of greenhouse gases, for the sake of our planet, please consider having fewer children.
Source: Env. Res Letters, 12(7), 12 July 2017
