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[–] TheGuyTM3@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

From what i've heard, with the aging population in developed countries and the birthrate getting lower due to longer life expectancy, population should soon stabilise itself around 10 billions. Seems viable.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Not when a fraction of it "needs" everything. But that's another problem ofc.

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[–] Auth@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How did they calculate that? I don't believe it.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 12 points 1 week ago (5 children)

https://eprints.lse.ac.uk/124460/1/Hinckel_how-much-growth-is-required--published.pdf

Hickel serves on the Climate and Macroeconomics Roundtable of the US National Academy of Sciences. He is legit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Hickel

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[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago

It is true there are too many billionaires. We can provide everyone, if some of them also need 10 private jets.

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Anyone have a good pdf source on this research?

[–] kepix@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

what about food and place to live? seems to me we are stealing too much land from nature.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Build upwards instead of outwards

Replacing all forms of power generation with nuclear would protect a lot of land but war exists and blowing up a nuclear plant causes longer lasting damage than a solar farm

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