[mytailorisrich]

The current widespread destruction of the environment is directly caused by the human population and compounded by increased living standards.

If population doubled the planet would be destroyed and/or we would survive in minuscule pods and eat bland mush to survive.

This is not the same as Malthus' thesis. We are producing enough food and we would probably still do. The issue is the cost in terms of environmental destruction and quality of life.

[codefreeordie]

> current widespread destruction of the environment

Have a look at the early industrial period or even the 1970s, and then have a look out the window again. There's a bit of a [citation needed] on that claim.

(just this week, for example, there was a study that showed that a major contributor to the increase in the severity of the Atlantic hurricane season in the last decade has been the great reduction in atmospheric pollution)