Can business tread more lightly on the planet?

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Can business tread more lightly on the planet?
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Research scientist Andrew McAfee's new book, 'More From Less', says humankind is reaching 'peak stuff'. A timely, but oversimplified assertion

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carbon dioxid containment depends on oceans on 90 percents and on 10 per cents on forests. humans can control little part of 1 per cent. big lie is not climate is being in change. climate is changing in entire Earth history. lie is we must buy something to stop it.

No it does not. Renewable energy is far more expensive and can’t make money anywhere in the world without massive government subsidies. The lies continue.

alllibertynews If firms try to sell more stuff, buying stuff will cost more money. This will cause people to buy less stuff. All the Government can do is raise taxes or Raise cost of people who sell stuff. As buying stuff goes down People who sell stuff will make less money Slim

Incentives and price signals matter yo

Highly biased title disses incredible insight that the world consumption of all molecules is declining; not increasing. Raises key questions to whole sustainability arguments.

The choice is peak stuff or peak people. Peak people could be coming.

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