I’m not sure I’m following your criticism against framing the question in terms of GDP, since my point is that we shouldn’t really care about whether it grows or shrinks, and it seems that you agree (when you mentioned the carbon cap).
Alright, so we agree we need to reduce GHG emissions, but when I say that we need to “shrink material throughput” it’s not a conclusion, it’s a separate point. To reduce GHG emissions it might even be better to grow our economy, but I think shrinking resource use and caring for the planetary boundaries are also important, and I’m more skeptical that this can be done under further economic growth.
I’m not sure I’m following your criticism against framing the question in terms of GDP, since my point is that we shouldn’t really care about whether it grows or shrinks, and it seems that you agree (when you mentioned the carbon cap).
Alright, so we agree we need to reduce GHG emissions, but when I say that we need to “shrink material throughput” it’s not a conclusion, it’s a separate point. To reduce GHG emissions it might even be better to grow our economy, but I think shrinking resource use and caring for the planetary boundaries are also important, and I’m more skeptical that this can be done under further economic growth.