Powerdown

Of course wild animal species as well as humans do undergo instances of population bloom, overshoot, and dieoff, and they do compete with one another in various ways. Only those who insist on seeing the world through rose-colored glasses would deny that this is so

What if systematic self-limitation goes against our biological hardwiring

The ethical case for continued economic growth is compelling if we ignore certain uncomfortable facts — that is, if we assume continued, uninterrupted resource streams. Once the processes and implications of resource depletion are understood, the moral grounding of the pro-growth argument crumbles

modest material goals more slowly achieved

available for industrial transportation declines, economies would have to be unlinked from the global market and re-localized

Industrialized societies would have to forego further conventional economic growth in favor of a costly transition to alternative energy sources.