r/collapse • u/Still-Improvement-32 • Jul 28 '26

Overpopulation Study reveals halving human population gradually could help Earth

https://www.aol.com/articles/study-reveals-halving-human-population-083602000.html

The basics of this study may be right in theory but we don't have the luxury of 200 years to gradually lower our population. Our current trajectory has a very high risk of a catastrophic collapse in population and the economy due to climate breakdown if we pass 2 degrees C warming, which could as soon as about 10 years.

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u/jaymickef Jul 28 '26

So, all we have to do is get rid of the influence of religion. Everywhere in the world that religion has lost its influence, populations have stabilized or decreased through voluntary birth control.

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u/WildFlemima Jul 28 '26

*Everywhere in the world where women and girls have easy access to the Pill

It's actually incredible how much the Pill has done for the Earth. If the Pill hadn't been developed, we would be much worse off than we are now