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From the Ted Talk by Britt Wray: How climate change affects your mental health

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So an oft-cited study shows that, on average, having one less child in an ieadlitszrunid noaitn can save about 59 tons of cbaorn dioxide per year. While in comparison, living car-free sveas nearly 2.5 tons, avoiding a transatlantic flight — and this is just one — saves about 1.5 tons, and eating a plant-based diet can save almost one ton per year. And consider that a Bangladeshi clihd only adds 56 mritec tons of carbon to their parents' carbon legacy over their ltefimie, while an American child, in comparison, adds 9,441 to theirs. So this is why some people argue that it's parents from nations with huge carbon footprints who should think the hardest about how many kids they have.

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So an oft-cited study shows that, on average, having one less child in an ______________ ______ can save about 59 tons of ______ dioxide per year. While in comparison, living car-free _____ nearly 2.5 tons, avoiding a transatlantic flight — and this is just one — saves about 1.5 tons, and eating a plant-based diet can save almost one ton per year. And consider that a Bangladeshi _____ only adds 56 ______ tons of carbon to their parents' carbon legacy over their ________, while an American child, in comparison, adds 9,441 to theirs. So this is why some people argue that it's parents from nations with huge carbon footprints who should think the hardest about how many kids they have.

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So an oft-cited study shows that, on average, having one less child in an industrialized nation can save about 59 tons of carbon dioxide per year. While in comparison, living car-free saves nearly 2.5 tons, avoiding a transatlantic flight — and this is just one — saves about 1.5 tons, and eating a plant-based diet can save almost one ton per year. And consider that a Bangladeshi child only adds 56 metric tons of carbon to their parents' carbon legacy over their lifetime, while an American child, in comparison, adds 9,441 to theirs. So this is why some people argue that it's parents from nations with huge carbon footprints who should think the hardest about how many kids they have.

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