[NoMoreNicksLeft]

Every 15 people is a ton (on average). And while we can't remove 20 billion people, 6 billion or so would make a nice dent. Additionally, those people consume energy. Once their consumption drops to zero, we see additional savings.

I think I really have stumbled upon a solution here. The planet will be better off for it. What's wrong with this idea?

[repelsteeltje]

Be careful there, that doesn't sound nice.

An increasing number of countries have declining birthrate. This slowly, steadily gets us in that direction but not without demographic problems and significant economic disruptions. Let's try keep it peaceful...

[11235813213455]

you can reason the same with ants

but ants are like a human who doesn't spend money, or like a bird, they are sustainable, no need to remove them

but no even need to be extreme/binary, 8 billion humans who live like a 3rd world country-side human and spend a little money is totally sustainable without any issue, because that's equivalent to less than a hundred million 1st world humans

[klyrs]

Birds are known for their nitrogen sequestration.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guano

[11235813213455]

Great, but that's more or less the same with other feces, composition vary in carbon or nitrogen, but they're all great fertilizers