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Re:Clinging Desperately to a Metaphor (2011) by lcam84 on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @01:06PM (#28370646)
This would be true if we didn't account for the extreme inequality of the system.

For instance the richest 1 percent more than double the emissions of the poorest half of humanity [1].

We can have prosperity without growth, and we cannot have infinite growth in a finite planet.

[1] https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/carbon-emissions-ric...

Re:Clinging Desperately to a Metaphor (2011) by mcguire on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @02:12PM (#28371475)
That's actually a separate problem. Or rather, two separate problems: Inequality of growth, and externalized costs of growth.