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Degrowth is false. If we lost population, the environment would get worse - as we wouldn't be able to maintain modern technology, we'd go back to the real bad stuff like coal and wood burning.

The US's total CO2 emissions have been going down for a decade or two now, even after population growth. And no, it's not because we outsourced them.




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