Although I agree with the basic premise, his argument is way too simplistic. He says nothing at all about unequal distribution of resources.
"There's no other way out. Merely reducing per capita consumption, for instance, won't do it.
After all, per capita consumption levels multiply with population size to determine our total resource consumption."
But looking at averages is absurd, since developed countries consume vastly more resources per capita than the third world. He should be thinking integral consumption dhuman, not consumption * humans.
Given that, it seems better to focus on:
(A) reducing consumption among populations where it is easiest to do so (i.e., developed countries where we buy and use tons more stuff than we need)
(B) reducing growth in populations with high per capita consumption (i.e., developed countries)
(C) in populations that have low per capita consumption, discouraging the pattern of industrialization and commercialization that leads to high per capita consumption
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"There's no other way out. Merely reducing per capita consumption, for instance, won't do it.
After all, per capita consumption levels multiply with population size to determine our total resource consumption."
But looking at averages is absurd, since developed countries consume vastly more resources per capita than the third world. He should be thinking integral consumption dhuman, not consumption * humans.
Given that, it seems better to focus on:
(A) reducing consumption among populations where it is easiest to do so (i.e., developed countries where we buy and use tons more stuff than we need)
(B) reducing growth in populations with high per capita consumption (i.e., developed countries)
(C) in populations that have low per capita consumption, discouraging the pattern of industrialization and commercialization that leads to high per capita consumption
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