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?
Finally we agree on something.
What is the energy, emissions and materials costs of megastructure construction and maintenance? Where is this surplus coming from considering we’re already in deep ecological overshoot.
How do you get back within the planetary boundaries limits when people are still trying to grow and expand and accumulate resources.
Sci-fi handwavium is ridiculous.