Modernity is incompatible with planetary limits: a PLAN for the future

Re:Modernity is incompatible with planetary limits: a PLAN f... by hinkley on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @08:41PM (#32933499)

Part of the problem is people thinking, "myself and everyone I could ever have the notion of caring about, and everyone they could ever have a notion of caring about" is the same thing as infinity.

The universe is so goddamned big that it's hard to fathom how long it would take us to actually ruin the entire thing, or at least the parts that aren't flying away from us at faster than the speed of light. But 5% annual growth for a billion years eats up a ridiculous amount of real estate.

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Re:Modernity is incompatible with planetary limits: a PLAN f... by thrown_22 on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @08:56PM (#32933602)

If people what to have more than two children that it is absolutely impossible.

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Re:Modernity is incompatible with planetary limits: a PLAN f... by hinkley on Friday September 23, 2022 @01:22PM (#32954666)

If 'people' have more than 2 then yes. If my N siblings collectively have 2N kids then we are at break-even.

As effort for return goes, defending people for not having children may be one of the most effective acts of environmentalism someone can engage in.

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Re:Modernity is incompatible with planetary limits: a PLAN f... by ouid on Thursday September 22, 2022 @05:35PM (#32944922)

5 percent growth for just the length of human history overflows the double precision floating point type.

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