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Re:Japan’s population drops by nearly 800k by gmerc on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @03:39AM (#36874253)
Citation needed - tons of resources are finite while consumption growth through population is exponential.
Re:Japan’s population drops by nearly 800k by Tozen on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @03:45AM (#36874306)
The other planets, moons, and the rest of the solar system has tons of resources too.
Re:Japan’s population drops by nearly 800k by gmerc on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @04:03AM (#36874456)
That’s a classic tech will fix it narrative. The likelihood of us making it off the planet at a scale that matters to common people is basically zero.

It’s arguing on faith that we will move of the planet to defer living sustainably on the one we have which is a classic ruse to e able people to rationalize not changing lifestyles.

Re:Japan’s population drops by nearly 800k by quantified on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @04:06AM (#36874496)
How much biomass and quality of life do they support? Moving metals onto the earth is "resources" but not the ones that sustain human populations.
Re:Japan’s population drops by nearly 800k by sneak on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @03:50AM (#36874350)
Exponential does not mean infinite?

Resources and population will both remain finite, fear not.

Even here on only Earth, there are more than enough resources for several times more human beings, and more resources are produced on a regular basis thanks to the sun.

Re:Japan’s population drops by nearly 800k by quantified on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @04:02AM (#36874449)
> more resources are produced on a regular basis thanks to the sun.

The biomass resources that our growing population is shrinking?