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Well no, no we can't. That has been one of the issues that comes up every time someone does a quick check of what it would take for everyone to live even an ave
by roenxi 2y ago
Well no, no we can't. That has been one of the issues that comes up every time someone does a quick check of what it would take for everyone to live even an average North American lifestyle, let alone something considered very comfortable by a US standard.
We don't have the coal, we don't have the oil, we don't have the copper, the steel, the yadda yadda. Earth overshoot day was apparently last month. Less births is almost literally the only humane way I can think of to improve on that situation. That or cheap energy; the situation is hopeful on that front but we don't need to purposefully goose the birth rate since maybe something will go wrong with plan A.
- lm28469 2y ago> an average North American lifestyle That's very very very far from poverty... What about everyone living like the average eastern european ? That's already a 2-10x drop of wealth, still far from poverty
- analognoise 2y agoThere’s an inhuman way as well: the US, faced with declining standard of living, decides to use the fact that it has 12 super aircraft carriers and the 1, 2, 4, and 6th largest air forces - to ensure that standard of living stays where it is. Who said we’d choose the humane option?
- Jensson 2y ago> we don't have the steel We have the steel, there is no way we run out of it, we could wrap the entire earth in steel coating and still not run out, and that is just what we have easily available.