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Why should we be faced with a massive expense to care for the elderly? From the dataset, 80% of deaths were to those over 60 years old, 75% of whom had underlying health issues. So…

The Mormon fertility rate is only 1.73, so the proceeds are not even being spent to encourage fecundity within their community. The 10% tithe might even be such a burden as to disc…

An increase in immigration will drive down tech salaries in Canada - that's the entire point. And along the way they will drive up housing prices, and drive up general revenue and …

The advantage of space colonisation is that you can control everything - the microbes, the infrastructure, the laws, the people. There are no environmental regulations, no taxes, n…

It might make a lot of sense to airlift all kinds of species out of Africa and into other environments. With the population of the continent going to 4 billion by 2100, and with th…

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Coronavirus is completely overblown. Regular influenza kills 12,000-61,000 Americans each year. Coronavirus is only deadly to elderly with existing medical problems. Its not worth …

We probably just don't need as many nukes - the world will be much less populated with near-peer adversaries in 2040. For example in 20 years time there will be as many Russian mil…

The bigger amount of waste is from food prepared in excess to demand. That's why food is repurposed as much as possible - leftover meat into stews, leftover vegetables into hash et…

Don't forget US houses being much lower in latitude - allowing savings in insulation, and generally thinner and lighter construction. New York is further south than Rome.

Is it possible that Coronavirus will be economically beneficial if the primary terminal cases are within the elderly population? There would be a big reduction in pension and healt…

That rate is inflated by foreign mothers. The rate for German mothers is much lower: https://theatlas.com/charts/S1TgULGJe Its the same throughout Europe, the fertility rates for n…

Animals in the wild also aren't eating a diet of pure corn or soy. They're eating 'organic' grass, with a few critters thrown in.

Therein lies the problem - the current fertility rate for German mothers is only 1.42. How long until there are no more Germans left to run these companies?

People can easily be tracked via their mobile phone. This is just another area where Europe is lagging behind the rest of the world (ie. the USA) and wants to slow everyone else do…

The taxpayer is already picking up the tab with food stamps.

It seems like the biggest problem that 'Mariah' at the top of the article faces is that she has too many children, no partner, and her car is too fuel inefficient. The best way to …

At least a war in that region will hasten the transition to Electric Vehicles, by spiking the oil price.

A lot of the land around Australia is being cleared for housing and agriculture: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/05/global-d... Immigration puts a greater demand o…

The biggest driver of Australia's increased emissions is the increasing population: https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2017/07/greenhouse-gas-emis... Under current immigration settin…