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In that time the world population has increased from 3 billion to 8 billion. Things like energy, food and construction are our most basic needs. In the past, pr
by rlpb 5y ago
In that time the world population has increased from 3 billion to 8 billion.
Things like energy, food and construction are our most basic needs. In the past, production of these were limited by available labor. Today that's not the case. So the same resources (eg. productive land and mining resources) have to be divided between more people.
- sidewndr46 5y agoThis is what everyone consistently misses. Many people seem to approach shortage and price increases as if we're suddenly running out of something. What no one really addresses is population has more than doubled in the same time period and that consumption of goods and resources has increased per person as well.