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> However, most resources are consumed by the relatively smaller, wealthy populations I don't understand why you write "however" here. Isn't it good if the pop
by Tepix 4y ago
> However, most resources are consumed by the relatively smaller, wealthy populations
I don't understand why you write "however" here. Isn't it good if the populations with the highest per capita resource usage shrink?
- ElevenLathe 4y agoThe problem is that more societies are joining them. In a vacuum its good (for some values of good, since there are real problems with declining population) for all populations to stabilize, but if poorer countries reach population equilibrium (or slight decline) while also consuming like the USA, then we're net behind. The nonhuman biosphere doesn't really care about per-capita consumption and emission, just the overall amounts of each.