The founder of Tesla and Spacex Ilon Mask called the birth rate in the world in one of the greatest risks for civilization. The billionaire statement sounded against the background of growing statistics of references due to the overpopulation of the planet and climate change, reports CNBC.
“If people won’t give birth more children, civilization will collapse. Remember my words,” said Ilon Mask at the event Wall Street Journal. As the businessman noted, many people think that the planet is overcoolesy and the population of humanity is inconsistency. However, if you look at the data, it will be seen that it is not so. “There are not enough people,” he said.
According to the analytical note of the financial conglomerate Morgan Stanley, more and more people refuse to start children, because they are afraid that they will not be able to experience the consequences of global warming, such as extreme weather phenomena and crop lack. This trend very quickly has a negative impact on the global birth rate.
The problem is also concerned about governments around the world. In some regions, China has introduced cash subsidies to encourage childbearing. Premier Czech Republic Andrei Babish called an increase in the birth rate among the indigenous population of Europe with the only way to stop extinction. And Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed that the demographic problem is one of the main for the country.