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Degrowth isn't just about climate change. The problem with the overconsumption of earth's resources still persist. Unless we have a fully cyclical economy, I do
by sveme 4y ago
Degrowth isn't just about climate change. The problem with the overconsumption of earth's resources still persist. Unless we have a fully cyclical economy, I don't see how we can really decouple growth and the depletion of earth's resources.
- mpweiher 4y agoSource? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon–Ehrlich_wager https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon–Ehrlich_wager
- sveme 4y agoCommon sense. Just a single earth and all. Your example is concerned with a single forecast. If we started asteroid mining, we would obviously increase earth's resources. Otherwise, resources on earth are limited.
- mpweiher 4y ago"Common sense is neither common nor sense" https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-power-prime/201107/common-sense-is-neither-common-nor-sense https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-power-prime/2011... > single forecast. Nope, it was a bundle of forecasts that the participants, including the one who had your position, considered representative. Of course your position happens to be based on...nothing. Except the idea that the earth is not infinite. Well guess what, the lifespan of the solar system is also not infinite. So that's a wash.