Melting ice caps, more severe weather, and now, less sex. ‘Tis our fate if global warming keeps going the way it’s going.
In a new paper published by US National Bureau of Economic Research, researchers have confirmed that climate change leads to “diminished coital frequency”.
Based on 80 years worth of fertility data, they found a significant drop in birth rates after just ten months of hot weather (defined by them as days over 27 C). Moreover, birth rates didn’t bounce back after the weather had cooled, which has them frettin’ because fewer babies = fewer workers paying taxes et cetera.
Hot weather does not hot sex make, it seems.
The report ironically suggests blasting the AC to offset some of those heat-related fertility losses, but isn’t that the kind of attitude that caused this mess in the first place? And secondly, what about overpopulation? Maybe this is evolution’s way of getting us to cool the fuck down.
The future is cold showers and chastity.
