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randominality  ·  3994 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Science Will Save The Planet (If We Let It)

Eh, its pretty much the same article I'm sure you've read elsewhere:

tl;dr: Global population will increase by 2 billion by 2050. More people and more 3rd world development leads to a need for greater global agriculture and energy production. We can achieve this with GMOs and nuclear energy. Unfortunately these are controversial despite few scientific counter-arguments for their use.





JakobVirgil  ·  3994 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I have a guarded hope this will be true.

Unfortunately even limitless electricity (remember to cheap to meter?) may just lead to increased consumption of consumer goods plastics etc.

I think a cultural shift towards less consumption will be needed as well as tech.