I guess I fall into Accelerated/non-linear collapse pessimism, with a hint of eco-fascism as the only option out of the Road Warrior post-apocalptic aesthetic.

I guess I fall into Accelerated/non-linear collapse pessimism, with a hint of eco-fascism as the only option out of the Road Warrior post-apocalptic aesthetic. Even as people cheerily mention that they expect the population to peak at ten billion, I think that's at least an order of magnitude beyond the carrying capacity. Plus, those ten billion people? Yeah, the U.S.A. has been exporting its lifestyle via movies for a long time -- those ten billion people are all going to want American lifestyles. They'll want steak, they'll want SUVs and fast fashion. They want their own McMansions, not just running water.