> From: Noelle <noelle> > Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2021 07:15:23 -0700 (PDT) > > https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jul/08/why-declining-birth-rates-are-good-news-for-life-on-earth?utm_term=55efcb16154bb49af4fe91bb371cfff0&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayUS&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=GTUS_email "The climate crisis is an interesting case, because saving the planet is often the reason people give for deciding to have fewer or no children â rather than, say, improving living standards for their fellow humans more directly â but itâs not clear what impact such decisions will have on the climate." Well, this ignores the moral imperative of sparing the suffering of offspring having to live through the climate crisis. This also ignores the concept of a humane human extinction where the Earth can repair itself without us.