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1) there already sre too many people. The fact it will plateau at a number larger than this doesn't really matter 2) actual population count isnt really import
by AtlasBarfed 3y ago
1) there already sre too many people. The fact it will plateau at a number larger than this doesn't really matter
2) actual population count isnt really important. What is really important is the total resource consumption rate of our population, and the fact it will undeniably increase as the 3-4 billion Indians and Chinese ascend to first world economy lifestyles and resource usage
So it's a double whammy: still more people, and way more resources.
- mensetmanusman 3y agoChina halves by 2100.
- lucb1e 3y agookay so the population goes × 0.5 (per your comment) but if resource consumption per capita goes × ~4 up to rich countries' standards (see e.g. https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33133712 https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33133712) then we'd still need double the resources for that country alone, and they're not the only country that wouldn't mind living like 'us'. The person that got downvoted above you is onto something I'm afraid, inconvenient as that may be to internalize
- InSteady 3y agoAnd emissions continue to rise, ecologies continue to be devastated in the quest for growth and rising standards of living.