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It's interesting, but I wonder if it is true. We need more watts, but do we create those watts with less waste over time? We aren't eating plankton. Solar, wind and nuclear power are great ways to generate watts with little disruption of our ecosystem.
I live in Michigan. If you visited the state 200 years ago, it would have been covered in old growth forests. If you visited it 100 years ago, it would be dominated by clear-cut fields. Many of those fields have returned to forest, especially in the Upper Peninsula. I'm not sure if there isn't some balance to the equation. Without immigration, population growth in the US would be negative, and watts are relatively cheap.