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> They buy goods and services the wonder of economic development is that as a country's quality of life and wealth increases, consumption increases. the typic
by princeb 5y ago
> They buy goods and services
the wonder of economic development is that as a country's quality of life and wealth increases, consumption increases.
the typical american probably consumes about 4000x as much energy as the typical DRC. we still have a long, long way to go before we can accommodate the whole world living like an american.
even as population growth stalls, or even reverses course, the ability of humans to keep expanding its appetite for the finer things in life can never be quelled.
- spothedog1 5y agoThe average energy usage per person in the USA has been going down in the past few decades as appliances and electronics get more efficient. It will continue to go down as more things electrify and shift to renewables. We can decrease resource consumption through smarter growth policies like building denser, public transit while growing our population for economic benefit.