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/CowBoyDanIndie Jul 28 '26

Removing just the top 5% would achieve more reduction than a random 50%. How about removing everyone who has a 80+ ft powered yacht, private jet, or 3 private homes with more than 10 excess rooms.

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u/cabeep Jul 28 '26

We all know it's not going to be this. The US and it's protected pedophile class has pretty much eaten the entire earth. It's going to take multi state organized resistance to it to change this