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by tastyfreeze 1184 days ago
Do you understand that we did the same to advance to the level of wealth and technology we have? The only way to stop China and India from doing the same is war. There is no way that telling billions of people that they can't have what we have wont be construed as an act of agression.
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Yep, that’s is likely what will happen. There aren’t enough resources for everyone to live like the developed world, so resource contention will be an ongoing issue as we approach 10 billion people in 2100.

Edit: renewable energy will blunt this due to simply how much energy the sun throws on the earth every minute. Fertilizers, minerals, fauna reserves and replenishment rates are going to be a challenge.