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1/ 📈 Simon Abundance Index 2023 📈
Our editor @Marian_L_Tupy and BYU's @gpooley just updated their resource abundance index with 2022 data.
The headline: Since 1980, resources have become 420% more abundant.
#SimonAbundanceIndex #EarthDay
📄: humanprogress.org/the-simon-abun…
Our editor @Marian_L_Tupy and BYU's @gpooley just updated their resource abundance index with 2022 data.
The headline: Since 1980, resources have become 420% more abundant.
#SimonAbundanceIndex #EarthDay
📄: humanprogress.org/the-simon-abun…
2/👨👩👧👦 Does population growth make resources scarcer?
Not according to the data.
Between 1980 and 2022, the world's population grew by 79.4%.
Over that same period, global resource abundance increased by 420%.
For the average person, it increased by 190%.
#SimonAbundanceIndex
Not according to the data.
Between 1980 and 2022, the world's population grew by 79.4%.
Over that same period, global resource abundance increased by 420%.
For the average person, it increased by 190%.
#SimonAbundanceIndex
3/🦠 Global resource abundance fell by 3.55% in 2022.
While regrettable, that decline was much smaller than the 22% drop in 2021 caused by COVID-19 and its related policies.
Note that the index increased by an average of 4.46% per year between 1980 and 2022.
While regrettable, that decline was much smaller than the 22% drop in 2021 caused by COVID-19 and its related policies.
Note that the index increased by an average of 4.46% per year between 1980 and 2022.
