Re:China to begin two-child policy
by xixi77 on Thursday October 29, 2015 @12:21PM
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Historically, all such "carrying capacity" estimates have been shown wrong. What makes you believe the 7.7 one is any better?
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I don't. But I've always been a glass-half-empty kinda guy, so I tend to err on the side of caution (or, in this case, catastrophe).
Quite frankly, it doesn't matter to me whether the "real" capacity is 1 billion or 20 billion or 100 billion, as I don't believe we (as a species) have any chance of moderation in the face of opulence. As long as there's any surplus capacity left on this planet, we will find a way to use it. As fast and as wasteful as we can, until it all comes crashing down.