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There is simply no way to make enough lifestyle changes to offset that. I’d have to live car-free for 55 years to offset just a single year of a theoretical child’s existence… and that kid is going to live for 70-100 years.
But by simply subtracting the number of kids I’d otherwise have by one, I’m preventing 21 tons of CO2 from entering the atmosphere every year.
https://www.pawprint.eco/eco-blog/average-carbon-footprint-globally
There is simply no way to make enough lifestyle changes to offset that. I’d have to live car-free for 55 years to offset just a single year of a theoretical child’s existence… and that kid is going to live for 70-100 years.