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> "keep doing what you do, only now greener" that only works temporarily. business as usual still means consuming exponentially more resources over time, which
by the8472 10y ago
> "keep doing what you do, only now greener"
that only works temporarily. business as usual still means consuming exponentially more resources over time, which is not sustainable.
- RangerScience 10y agoUnless you begin to also produce exponentially greater resources over time. Also, temporarily is still a good thing, and will make new resources stretch longer. #eatthesolarsystem
- TeMPOraL 10y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab_mH8R0KTM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab_mH8R0KTM It's logical, it's clear - there's only one way to go from here Without a doubt, the only way to go from here is out!
- mozey 10y agoBut it is not just the solar system, and the time frame is a bit tight... http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2011/07/galactic-scale-energy http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2011/07/galactic-scale-e...
- RangerScience 10y agoWe can only hope that at some scale, it's an escalator, and we can pull off acting like a slinky, a la Asimov's "The Gods Themselves".
- taneq 10y agoPopulation growth is leveling out and even dropping in countries with higher living standards. Maybe once everyone's living in tech paradise, the human population will stop growing altogether. We'll still probably have more stuff per capita than today, but it won't continue to grow unbounded as people seem to think today.
- ArkyBeagle 10y agoSo far, so good. Goods substitution happens, and it happens so fast you hardly notice it.