cassianoleal 5 hours ago

Thanks, that's an interesting reference.

I'm not sure that's what I was looking for though. That's unit consumption per GDP, so it may look stable or even declining regardless of actual consumption of resources.

In a way, it indicates the potential for a more sustainable living but unless it goes down by greater amounts than GDP growth, it's still net positive environmental damage.

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  • JumpCrisscross 4 hours ago

    > unless it goes down by greater amounts than GDP growth, it's still net positive environmental damage

    Sure. Link in population and living standards and you start to get a toy model that dispels the notion that all growth must be about consumption. (A palette of iPhones represents growth from mainframes of equal mass and energy consumption.)

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