[panick21_]

That's all just degrowth narrative. We should all go back to using coal fired trains because then we might use them less. Lets use horses instead of cars, then people will travel less.

> peak oil, biodiversity collapsing, climate change just joining the party

Peak oil isn't a thing.

Rocket launch pads actually are great for biodiversity as it requires a lot of land around it without humans. And animals turns out aren't that bothered by occasional rocket launches. See the high biodiversity around Kennedy Space Center as an example.

Climate change will mostly be decided on other playing fields.

> well rich people will be able to go have dinner in space, just for fun

How about trying not hold back the space industry when that is more then 0.0X% of the the market.

[palata]

Before denying the energy problem (and I am not saying that philosophically, I think we should go back to horses because it is nicer, I am just saying that we are facing a big energy problem), I would encourage you to read this book, which was a huge success in France last year:

https://www.amazon.com/World-Without-End-Blain-Christophe-eb...

Written by a true expert, Jean-Marc Jancovici. Just check who he is, usually engineers like him, even if they don't like the conclusion (which is that engineers tend to be part of the problem, not the solution).