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What's this Malthusianism doing in the 21st century? Can you cite some data suggesting that Earth is incapable of feeding and housing a population of ten billio
by bccdee 6y ago
What's this Malthusianism doing in the 21st century? Can you cite some data suggesting that Earth is incapable of feeding and housing a population of ten billion at least? We have a surplus of food and a surplus of living space, and despite the ongoing energy crisis, there's every indication that renewables will be able to support our entire society once we've pumped enough money into them.
- TeMPOraL 6y agoWe're not sustainably farming, though. Just because we've staved off collapse for a few decades with technological tricks, doesn't mean the argument was wrong.
- bccdee 6y agoAre you worried about soil degradation? That's a fixable problem. These aren't "technological tricks," they're solutions. We've also got lots of arable land we're not using right now. If you've got a really strong claim to make that sustainable farming at scale is unviable, then you must have a source to back that up.