But the least fashionable prediction is just completely false. No one is using less stuff. The book he cites just notes that that less stuff is being consumed

But the least fashionable prediction is just completely false. No one is using less stuff. The book he cites just notes that that less stuff is being consumed by manufacturing within the borders of the continental United States of America, while ignoring the fact that all the manufacturing for Americans has moved to other countries. It's a completely bogus argument in the book, being repurposed as a completely bogus argument on this webpage. Just pure fiction. We are using natural resources at a rate which is constantly increasing, and the rate of increase is increasing as well.