Comment on We produce more resources than we could ever consume in the least sustainable ways possible.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 2 days agoThat was a weird ass study, they calculated the number based solely on historical population numbers and not any actual metrics. I have my doubts how useful a calculation that actually is.
anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
They do use some more data than that, see my quote.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
But that’s still based on random points in history. Their argument is basically ‘climate change started at this point, so that’s where the max sustainable population is’. Which makes absolutely no sense. Technologies were different, cultural attitudes were different, yadda yadda. It’s Malthusian arguments in a new (and less logical) wrapper.