There are two very different senses of "growth" here. The good sense is that better ways of doing things is "growth" -- for example cheaper more efficient sola

There are two very different senses of "growth" here. The good sense is that better ways of doing things is "growth" -- for example cheaper more efficient solar panels can slow global warming, reduce centralized power, etc. The bad sense is increased GDP, more stuff, etc. There's no strong reason good growth has to produce bad growth. We can decouple them.