Fewer people will not help. We need to replace ~75% of global infrastructure and manufacturing, as it is carbon intensive. We also need more low cost energy, TODAY, to build the sustainable infrastructure. Additional capital into carbon intensive energy production is a better marginal investment to build a sustainable economy.
Fewer people is less carbon emissions in the future, carbon emissions whose cost curve rises as we approach and blow past our global carbon budget. 8 billion people exist today, population momentum puts us at 9-10 billion by 2100, that’s enough to transition considering how many folks can still be lifted out of poverty doing meaningful work.
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Fewer people will not help. We need to replace ~75% of global infrastructure and manufacturing, as it is carbon intensive. We also need more low cost energy, TODAY, to build the sustainable infrastructure. Additional capital into carbon intensive energy production is a better marginal investment to build a sustainable economy.
Fewer people is less carbon emissions in the future, carbon emissions whose cost curve rises as we approach and blow past our global carbon budget. 8 billion people exist today, population momentum puts us at 9-10 billion by 2100, that’s enough to transition considering how many folks can still be lifted out of poverty doing meaningful work.