You know, the one comforting thought in all this is, politicians can try to argue and bargain with physics as much as they want. Physics doesn't care. You eith

You know, the one comforting thought in all this is, politicians can try to argue and bargain with physics as much as they want. Physics doesn't care. You either accept that infinite growth in a universe with limited resources is impossible, or you're stuck loosing the rhetoric battle against physics. I think the only sustainable way forward is to divorce our concept of wealth from growth, and ever increasing exploitation of resources.