“Of course, a positive growth rate might be taken as evidence that a population is below its optimum.”
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No one should be able to enter a wilderness by mechanical means.
In a finite world this means that the per capita share of the world's goods must steadily decrease.
Moreover, the practical recommendations deduced from ecological principles threaten the vested interests of commerce it is hardly surprising that the financial and political power created by these investments should be used sometimes to suppress environmental impact studies.
Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons.