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by Tepix 2521 days ago
Reducing overpopulation is a solution, not a very popular one. Earth can sustain 20 billion humans that live a vegan lifestyle and use virtual reality instead of travelling as mentioned by Martin Reese during a talk at the Long Now foundation not too long ago.²

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² i belive it was this event http://longnow.org/seminars/02019/jan/14/prospects-humanity/

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And it is estimated world population will grow to 11 billion max.
The current mechanisms of supporting the population are fossil fuel intensive and gradually destroying everything around them. Depleted aquifers, polluted lakes and streams, etc. etc.