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> The notion that this growth is unsustainable is scare mongering.

No. It's stating a very basic and obvious fact to anyone who understands math.

> 1.5% growth per year is sustainable indefinitely to colonize the galaxy, if we can just keep the resources needed to support that growth flowing.

Exponential growth - you don't understand what it means. Dyson spheres are chickenshit when you're trying to sustain exponential growth indefinitely in a three-dimensional universe.



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