A GB News guest has been branded a “miserable old g**” after he recommended Britons have fewer children to help the environment.
Appearing on Breakfast with Eamonn and Isabel earlier today, environmental journalist and campaigner Donnachadh McCarthy outlined how the growing global population has had a devastating impact on the environment.
He claimed that in the 64 years he has been alive, humanity has destroyed “70 percent” of the natural world.
The journalist highlighted the decimation as a “moral issue” and reason why people should consider having fewer children.
But his plea has gone down badly with some sections of the public, who have angrily disagreed with his position on social media.
In his interview this morning, Mr McCarthy said each child born in an industrial nation like the UK goes on to create roughly 500 tonnes of carbon over their lifetime.
He added that “each child has an impact” and added that people who have too many are “selfish”.
He told the presenters: “One is great, two is great, three is selfish.”
The response earned him quick pushback on X, formerly known as Twitter, where one user went as far as to berate the journalist.
Posting on the social media platform, Niall Gooch called him a “miserable old g**” and reworked his suggestion.
He wrote: “Miserable old g**. Three is awesome, actually. Four is outstanding.
“Politics of abundance yo. Loads of babies, loads of energy, loads of houses, loads of good jobs. All these anti-human old farts can do one.”
While the argument may seem unusual, studies have long confirmed that children are polluters.
On average, each person on Earth produces approximately five tonnes of CO2 per year, especially in wealthy countries, and children add on to their parents’ totals.
Climate science experts at Climatescience.org state that having one fewer child in a wealthier nation could reduce individual carbon footprints by between 7.8 and 58.6 tonnes per year over an 80-year lifespan.
