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REAL source of resource depletion

I found the ideas in this post most enlightening.  By all means I am a big proponent of regulation and shifting taxes at the same time.  Primarily because the economic upheaval of true cost pricing and tax shifting would be huge, if done too quickly.  Government regulation and investment is required to jump start certain industries and set the lowest common denominator, but the goal should be to replace these with proper market signals to keep it going.

I believe though, that if a plan was laid out so that the business community has what they really need, a predictable financial future with a reasonable time line in which to base investment decisions, then shifting the tax base, going to true cost accounting, and increasing carbon taxes are the way to go.

As for the need for "endless economic growth", I think it's clear that this is only necessary as long as we have endless population growth.

If we were to stop the economy from growing, or shrink it, without addressing the population issue, then obviously that wealth divided by more and more people year after year will result in a decreasing average standard of living.

Economic growth will only stop when we stop the population growth, which is the REAL source of resource depletion.

For all the talk of "Sustainable Development" it needs to lead to stability in terms of population.  Otherwise it is not sustainable by definition.

When you admit, as we have, that more growth is not the answer to the problems caused by growth, then give us a call.