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Sustainable growth: limits to economic growth? Environmental impact?

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Q to http://www.globalchange.com Are there limits to economic growth? Are growth targets by national governments sustainable? Impact on environment and society of uncontrolled economic growth? Resource implications in economy and planning by governments? Question via Twitter to Futurist keynote conference speaker Patrick Dixon, author of SustainAgility. Economy of your country or world - inflation, deflation, recovery, recession, growth rates - are they sustainable? Pressure on food resources, agriculture, fishing,commodities, oil, gas, coal, copper, steel and other metals as well as water, land, forests, oceans. How green tech innovation will help global economic growth. Many issues relate to demographics and growth in world populations - birth rates and longevity / life-expectancy forecasts/ Comment by conference keynote speaker and Futurist Patrick Dixon.

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  • There are two kinds of economic growth at least: growth that tapers off to a STEADY STATE, and EXPONENTIAL growth. The poorer nations may need economic growth, but which type should it be?

    Maybe the people of the West should take the lead and live simply so the others may simply live. There's enough for everyone's NEED, but NOT everyone's GREED.

  • Sure he is smart, but think he relies on logic too much. Abandon all logic yea who enter here !

  • Limits to economic growth. Consider this. Finite supply of goods and materials v infinite money supply via fiat currency that can be inflated and deflated at the press of a computer keystroke. Sure markets get more people out of material poverty but the question is, 'what is going to happen as food and energy supplies dwindle'. Re your technology savior idea, I'm not sure the person cutting down the last tree on Easter Island was looking around and saying, 'technology/science will save the day'

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