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\\u201cIf people don\\u2019t have more children, civilization is going to crumble,\\u201d according to Time Magazine\\u2019s \\u201cPerson of the Year\\u201d \\u2013 Elon Musk. He is, of course, dead wrong. We briefly explore that in this episode, and offer our take on Musk\\u2019s stone-age solutions to traffic congestion.

We also share thoughts about several growthbusting news items:

• Recent Arctic and Antarctic Research News
• Smart Perspective on Falling Birth Rates News (in India)
• Buzzkill Condoms
• Google Displays Emissions Info
• Systemic vs. Individual Climate Solutions
• A Black Box to Record Demise of Human Civilization

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MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

World Leaders COP Out \\u2013 Episode 62 of GrowthBusters
https://www.growthbusters.org/world-leaders-cop-out/

See How the Antarctic Is Signaling Major Climate Disruption
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/15/climate/nyt-climate-newsletter-antarctic.html

Arctic Report Card: What More Rain and Less Snow in the Region Means for the Rest of the World
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/arctic-report-card-what-more-rain-and-less-snow-in-the-region-means-for-the-rest-of-the-world-11639502532

Population Slowdown is Triumph of India\\u2019s People
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/population-slowdown-is-triumph-of-indias-people-7644983/

Time Magazine Person of the Year \\u2013 Elon Musk
https://time.com/person-of-the-year-2021-elon-musk/

Tesla CEO Elon Musk in an Interview with WSJ\\u2019s Joanna Stern at the CEO Council Summit
https://youtu.be/lSD_vpfikbE

Elon Musk is Wrong: We Need Smaller Families \\u2013 By Olivia Nater
https://populationmatters.org/news/2021/12/elon-musk-wrong-we-need-smaller-families

1 in 4 Childless Adults Say Climate Change Has Factored into Their Reproductive Decisions \\u2013 Morning Consult Poll in September of 2021
https://morningconsult.com/2020/09/28/adults-children-climate-change-polling/

Colbert: Don\'t Want to Bring a Child into This World? Try Trojan Buzzkill Condoms
https://youtu.be/nGNnK9j58Og

Make a Year-End Gift to the GrowthBusters Project
https://www.growthbusters.org/donate/

Google Flights to Display Emissions Next to Every Single Flight
https://www.treehugger.com/google-flights-display-emissions-on-every-flight-5205037

Colbert: Is Systemic Climate Action Possible
https://youtu.be/rbzMvJf1Vxg

Earth is Getting a Black Box to Record Our Climate Change Actions, and it\'s Already Started Listening
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2021-12-06/climate-change-earth-black-box-recorder/100621778

GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth \\u2013 free on YouTube
https://youtu.be/_w0LiBsVFBo

On the GrowthBusters podcast, we come to terms with the limits to growth, explore the joy of sustainable living, and provide a recovery program from our society\\u2019s growth addiction (economic/consumption and population). This podcast is part of the GrowthBusters project to raise awareness of overshoot and end our culture\\u2019s obsession with, and pursuit of, growth.

Dave Gardner directed the documentary GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth, which Stanford Biologist Paul Ehrlich declared \\u201ccould be the most important film ever made.\\u201d Co-host, and self-described "energy nerd," Stephanie Gardner has degrees in Environmental Studies and Environmental Law & Policy.

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