Of course, no serious climate (or any other kind of) scientist thinks population control is a solution.
1) We're not going to go out and kill 40% of the population, so this would have to be a long-term (multiple generations) "solution." We don't have that much time to solve the problem.
2) 68% of the world's electricity is consumed by 36% of the world's people. From just that, it's clear that population control isn't a solution at all.
3) Efficiency and consumption control are the solutions. If the US and China implemented California's efficiency standards, we'd gain some 50 years on the problem instead of having less than 10 years.
1) We're not going to go out and kill 40% of the population, so this would have to be a long-term (multiple generations) "solution." We don't have that much time to solve the problem.
2) 68% of the world's electricity is consumed by 36% of the world's people. From just that, it's clear that population control isn't a solution at all.
3) Efficiency and consumption control are the solutions. If the US and China implemented California's efficiency standards, we'd gain some 50 years on the problem instead of having less than 10 years.