I kinda went on a little research spree on economics this afternoon but at one point I figured it’s probably good to know if it’s possible for, say, at least 98% of people on earth to live a happy fulfilled life at all.

I know there’s plenty of people who’d be more than happy to have literally nothing more than a house, food and water, but that still leaves a whole lot of people who want other things in life.

Do we have any metrics or data on wether the earth can sustain roughly 8 billion humans?

  • Alsjemenou@lemy.nlNederlands
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    3 days ago

    So, without animal products, the answer is yes. with animal products the answer is no, then we’re way over the sustainability threshold. It is so inefficiënt and costs so much land and resources that the argument that the wealthy are hoarding resources is looking merely like a small problem in comparison.

    Besides. Would humanity ever actually be happy and fulfilled when millions of animals have to suffer to get there? I would argue, not actually, not on a deep level. Superficially, perhaps.