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> https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/09/12/why-growth-cant-be-green/

Objectivism teaches that every living thing has an inherent nature. It must act according to its nature in order to survive. A Plant grows roots and leaves to sustain it's life. Antelope are naturally swift and lions naturally strong with claws. The prey out runs the predators to sustain it's life and predators overpower it's prey when it can catch them.

Man isn't swift or strong. His only means of survival is reason. He must use his mind to reshape the world around him in order to survive. If he does not, he will perish. Any limits placed on the use of his mind amount to restrictions on man's life.

This study, linked above, essentially reaches the same conclusion. Regardless of how efficient governments *think* they can make production, through taxes and incentives, humans will require more resources to survive. Unfortunately, the article falls back on the Maltheus conclusion, that resources are limited. Thus, the UN should set an absolute limit the amount we all can use. This is a death sentence to future generations.

The solution is to allow man to act according to his nature. Allow the billions of people who will be born the freedom to think and act to sustain their own lives. As a species, we have proven that we always find new resources or dynamic new ways to use old resources if given the freedom to explore and discover. 

Man's mind is the ultimate natural resource. Given the freedom to think and act, it is an unlimited resource.