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Re:The 19th-Century Family Fortunes Funding Degrowth by throw0101a on Tuesday August 11, 2026 @07:15PM (#49265774)
> You cannot have infinite growth on a finite planet: growth must therefore have an end.

Per capita (real) income has over doubled in California since 1975, and yet the per capita energy use has stayed the same (see "Art Rosenfeld"):

* https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2017/01/27/art-rosenfeld-californ...

Economic growth does not (just) entail making more stuff, especially in the US, when so much is "services".

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