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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TimF who wrote (60961)	10/3/2002 5:48:16 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I never argued that we wouldn't have increases in per capita wealth. That's been a pretty consistent trend, with interruptions, throughout all human history, and will continue quite naturally. When we find better and more efficient ways of doing things, we adopt them (with some allowance for non-adopters, luddites, back-to-nature types, etc.), but we don't usually go back to less efficient ways, so yes, per capita wealth will, with fits and starts, creep upward. What I was saying is that I don't think it's possible for the entire globe to have the standard of living of early 21st Century America. I don't think everybody on the globe can live in 1,000 square feet or more of living space per person. I don't think every person on the globe can drive a Ford Explorer 10,000 miles a year. I don't think every person on the globe can eat the number of calories and the specialty foods we eat. I don't think every person on the globe can have a nice half-acre green lawn, can use 500 or 1,000 gallons or more of fresh water a day, etc.