Gaywallet (they/it)@beehaw.orgM to Science@beehaw.org · 2 months agoStudy reveals that decent living standards for 8.5 billion people possible with only 30% of current global resource and energy use.www.sciencedirect.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1107arrow-down10cross-posted to: science@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1107arrow-down1external-linkStudy reveals that decent living standards for 8.5 billion people possible with only 30% of current global resource and energy use.www.sciencedirect.comGaywallet (they/it)@beehaw.orgM to Science@beehaw.org · 2 months agomessage-square15fedilinkcross-posted to: science@lemmy.ml
minus-squareMacroCyclo@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoThe headline is a bit misleading. The authors give a range from 30-44%. Very interesting conclusions on economic growth and extreme poverty. When an economy grows, the basic necessities might become too expensive for the poorest in the country.
minus-squareKissaki@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months ago The headline is a bit misleading. The authors give a range from 30-44%. Their abstract mentions only 30%. That would mean the authors themselves are misleading in the abstract. Provisioning decent living standards (DLS) for 8.5 billion people would require only 30% of current global resource and energy use
The headline is a bit misleading. The authors give a range from 30-44%.
Very interesting conclusions on economic growth and extreme poverty. When an economy grows, the basic necessities might become too expensive for the poorest in the country.
Their abstract mentions only 30%. That would mean the authors themselves are misleading in the abstract.