Carrying capacity of Earth is frequently revised upwards, but I am not paying much attention to research around it, that is why I would appreciate some concrete

Carrying capacity of Earth is frequently revised upwards, but I am not paying much attention to research around it, that is why I would appreciate some concrete links / citations. > I think you are suggesting that earth can carry many more people than 10B. I’d like to understand how you think that is possible. Because I have not seen anyone argue for the limits in convincing ways, it's all FUD from my PoV. Intuitively - energy is not (very big) problem, we can make dense nuclear sources, solar & offshore wind is viable in many places, and gas peaker plants / limited enetgy storage should cover the rest. Hydroponics and similar advanced agricultural methods are showing nice gains in effectivity of produce per sq km, at the cost of (IIRC) energy (see above). EVs are finally starting to be viable. Etc. Etc. And that's before we get to really long-term solutions like colonizing space. Where are the real limits? > Furthermore, even at the current population size human activity is causing potentially irreversible climate change ... Yeah, we are making a lot of externalities. This is not impossible to solve, see above. Extrapolating from our past failures is extremely shortsighted and has been proven wrong numerous times, see e.g. WW3 and end-of-humanity scare in 50's/60's. We can learn from our mistakes, and we seem to actually do that a lot! Spreading hysteria is not helping I think.