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by ineedasername 2197 days ago
Well the general Sci-Fi solution is some form of galactic expansion, sometimes preceded by a massive die off before people get the point that their planet has exceeded maximum capacity.
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As per our current science, we're forever limited to our galactic local group. Exponential growth tends to consume even very big things surprisingly quickly.

I also question whether a mass die off event on this planet won't lock us out from ever rebuilding a spacefaring civilization. We've already used up all the readily accessible fossil fuel that was necessary for us to get this far.