Title: THE LIMITS TO GROWTH
Course: Collapse or not collapse?

IS THERE OR IS NOT THERE A LIMIT TO GROWTH?

That could be a good question to treat in philosophy classes:

IF WE DON'T KNOW THE LIMITS OF THE UNIVERSE, HOW CAN WE TALK ABOUT LIMITS TO GROWTH?

The fact is our planet is finit at the pace we consume its resources.

The Limits to Growth (LTG) is a 1972 report ^] on the exponential economic and population growth with a finite supply of resources, studied by computer simulation . The study, done by The club of Rome, used the World3 computer model to simulate the consequence of interactions between the earth and human systems.

The report concludes that, without substantial changes in resource consumption, "the most probable result will be a rather sudden and uncontrollable decline in both population and industrial capacity"

The Limits to Growth - Wikipedia

Compare the estimated values for resources, population, food per capita, pollution and industrial output at 1900 and 2100.

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The Club of Rome has persisted after The Limits of Growth and has generally provided comprehensive updates to the book every five years. Let’s read and follow the evolution of these updates.