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You are forgetting exponential population growth and developing nations. "It just costs more" meand it won't run out, but not won't be usable everywhere desired
by knughit 11y ago
You are forgetting exponential population growth and developing nations.
"It just costs more" meand it won't run out, but not won't be usable everywhere desired either.
The reason not to care about using it up is that tragedy of commons means we can't stop from being used up.
- vpribish 11y agonot at all - and exponential growth is a more nuanced term than you may realize. UN population growth projection for the next 100 years shows (95% conf) at most a doubling of population. development of nations has roared ahead since the industrial revolution, and petroleum reserve development has easily kept pace. I really am saying that time spent worrying about running out of oil -- ESPECIALLY running out for the purposes of plastics production is a complete waste of your time and a distraction from actually important things. Come to think of it, worrying about over-population is also a curious preoccupation of rich, privileged, people like ourselves. Malthus was wrong. That there is a commons does not mean there is a tragedy.