It is very well known that one tree, over the course of forty years, would absorb just one ton of carbon dioxide. In one year, it absorbs 0.025 tons. Whereas, having one less child causes a difference of sixty tons per year. Now, do you want to happily plant trees and then go home and have a child? Misplaced climate activism is not solving the problem; it is a part of the problem.
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The Limited Impact of Tree Plantation on Climate Change
Acharya Prashant: With respect to this tree plantation. You see, it is very well known that one tree over the course of forty years would absorb just one ton of carbon dioxide. How effective is that? Please. And that is if that tree gets to live forty years old.
The Impact of Population Control vs. Environmental Activism
One tree over forty years absorbs one ton of carbon dioxide; in one year how much does it absorb? 0.025 tons. Whereas, having one less child causes a difference of sixty tons per year. Now, do you want to happily plant trees and then go home and have a child? One child is sixty tons per year, and one tree is 0.025 tons per year. But by planting a tree you start feeling that you have done your bit, and you feel very happy; now you can go on a date, get married, and then, obviously, you will have kids.
