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mhornberger t1_jbg9xqj wrote

Reply to comment by SandAndAlum in Reviewing the U.S. solar panel value chain manufacturing capacity. Following the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), an energized solar industry is aiming high and envisioning a future where the U.S. has a robust domestic energy supply chain. by mafco

No, light bulbs are a decent proxy for economic output. Their purchase and use track with economic development, literacy (kids can study after the sun goes down), energy use, and population size. As does food production, scaling as it does with population, though it can be reduced per capita with technological improvements.

And yes, I have seen degrowthers lament declines in infant mortality, and agricultural improvements like the green revolution, precisely because they led to population increase.

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SandAndAlum t1_jbgdazz wrote

More semantic games. Making a thing or agriculture isn't exponential growth. Neither is a bounded increase in consumption in only those places with poor quality of life. Straw men are also not relevant.

Have a read of your comments there and reflect on how disgusting and disingenuous they are.

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