Posted: Nov 14, 2013 4:28 am
Thommo wrote:The bolded bit doesn't even relate to what I said.
You're talking about energy consumption and its link to GDP, not population and its link to GDP.
Each new person added requires various goods and services, so I imagine that the two are somehow positively and causally correlated, no?
Thommo wrote:GDP per capita doesn't increase with population (by definition)
GDP per capita isn't necessarily the issue when we're talking about limits to growth. China has a relatively low GDP per capita but it is now the world's #1 CO2 emitter.
Thommo wrote:Economic growth doesn't require an ever increasing population of consumers.
That's true but it does require more resources in most cases and especially as limits to efficiency are attained.