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> Just because growth isn't "infinite" says nothing about how far away we are from reaching the limits of the planet. And just because Malthusians have been wr
by pakitan 9y ago
> Just because growth isn't "infinite" says nothing about how far away we are from reaching the limits of the planet.
And just because Malthusians have been wrong for centuries, doesn't mean they won't turn out to be right in the next 50 years. At some point something will snap. Yeah, we have it pretty good right now. At least those of us in the west. I'm not sure if those people in India who have to endure 51 Celsius heats, don't have access to fresh water and live in areas where it's hard to breathe are in a better positions than their ancestors.
A trillion people on Earth may be possible if there was a God designing the planet from scratch with the specific aim to put a trillion people on it. But moving gradually to such a number, from where we are now, I'd say is absolutely impossible. Countries like India and China that are already bursting at the seams, seem to be proving that.
- stale2002 9y agoSure, the world's resources are finite, and we will hit those limits "eventually". But the burden of proof is on the doomsday predictors who claim that doomsday is right around the corner, when all actual evidence shows that things are going great right now. China and India are NOT bursting at the seems. Quality of life is better there than they have ever been. Quality of life is still going up, and it is going up like crazy in those places. You can look at any quality of life metric at all. Mortality rates. Access to fresh water. Diseases. Hunger levels. Life expectancy. They are ALL getting better. And they are getting better by leaps and bounds. No, not just in the west. In poor countries and the third world. Evidence that they are having problems, would look something like "hunger is going up, and quality of life is going down." but that isn't happening.