This would be true if we didn't account for the extreme inequality of the system...

This would be true if we didn't account for the extreme inequality of the system.

For instance the richest 1 percent more than double the emissions of the poorest half of humanity [1].

We can have prosperity without growth, and we cannot have infinite growth in a finite planet.

mcguire on Aug 31, 2021 [–]

That's actually a separate problem. Or rather, two separate problems: Inequality of growth, and externalized costs of growth.