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Its not the economy population control is the priority
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Thanks for the feedback. Glad to see that someone on OLO is at least thinking about the argument in a considered way.
You are right to point out that energy is the key. In my views about population growth are tied to those about the future of our energy supplies. For the future to be sustainable in any meaningful way, it would be imperative that we wean ourselves off these sources of energy. I think you would agree that this would be the case regardless of what happened with population.
Even there, it is foreseeable that these demands could be met in a sustainable way. The potential energy in nuclear is approaching limitless, considering that the current nuclear power plants really only scratch the surface of what is possible. The reason uranium 74 isotope is currently used to generate the majority of the world's nuclear energy is that of all the naturally occurring isotopes, it is the one which produces the LEAST amount of energy and therefore the easiest to control. We need to get over our ignorant fear of nuclear energy and continue to improve it rather than abandoning it.
I firmly believe that as oil declines we can continue to feed ourselves. In answer to your question, diesel and petrol do not contribute greatly to my cost of production DIRRECTLY. In fact, they do not even appear in my top 10 cost categories. However, they (along with electricity) are closely linked to my major costs. (Transport, packaging, fertiliser, chemical, water) All of these costs have a large energy component built into their cost profile.
To be clear, my main argument on this subject is that we have the resources on this earth to sustain the predicted population growth. Certainly not that we can all merrily continue to live the way that we do without making any changes.