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Yes, but the whole issue is how we are running out of mineral/natural/ecological resources. And at an exponential speed.
by BlueTemplar 7y ago
Yes, but the whole issue is how we are running out of mineral/natural/ecological resources. And at an exponential speed.
- mamon 7y agoProgress also means that we can use resources more efficiently, e.g. by recycling them. By limiting progress (and growth) you're also making resource use less eficient, so that we'll run out of them faster.
- BlueTemplar 7y agoJevon's Paradox means that increasing efficiency also increases resource use, and us running out of them faster !
- nradov 7y agoEnvironmental damage is a problem but we certainly aren't running out of most minerals. Mineral extraction volume worldwide is steady or increasing for most types.
- BlueTemplar 7y agoYou're right, I should have been more careful using that term - but for how long ? Last time I checked, we only had a few decades left of potential resource extraction growth before we hit ~half of eventually extracted resources, and the production would start to decline.