[rcMgD2BwE72F]

>As societies become developed the resource consumption will increase.

That was true for a long time, but not anymore, because resource consumption turned into over-consumption. We've been hitting limits pretty hard for quite some time (cf https://ipbes.net/global-assessment)

Development can't be becoming more unsustainable in an increasingly unsustainable world (like drug use does not extend beyond overdose).

Either societies will find ways to develop themselves differently, or they'll stop developing at all.

[giantg2]

Or they will take the resources from others via conflict. This has been the historical trend.