I used to think so too, but I changed my mind. Two main reasons:
1. Our current systems are incredibly wasteful. If we just used our resources and technology efficiently we could reduce our environmental footprint drastically.
2. We can reconfigure our systems so that they work in harmony with Nature rather than against it. Ecology is a science, it's applications are technology, but it's very young and still not very influential. If we can reconfigure our systems in time we can easily support 9-12B people while improving the environment. (E.g. Gabe Brown in N. Dakota.)
I used to think so too, but I changed my mind. Two main reasons:
1. Our current systems are incredibly wasteful. If we just used our resources and technology efficiently we could reduce our environmental footprint drastically.
2. We can reconfigure our systems so that they work in harmony with Nature rather than against it. Ecology is a science, it's applications are technology, but it's very young and still not very influential. If we can reconfigure our systems in time we can easily support 9-12B people while improving the environment. (E.g. Gabe Brown in N. Dakota.)