The problem is that the whole planet wants to get equipped somewhere between european/american level, and that's the minimum standard threshold They all want that "minimum".... They all want the stuff they see on tv ... 9.8 billion people circa 2050? ... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/World_population_growth%2C_1700-2100%2C_2019_revision.png That's crazyshit territory And for some reason it starts to stabilize afterward... My ass https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/World_Population_Prospects_2019.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/World_population_%28UN%29.svg/800px-World_population_%28UN%29.svg.png