>If you thought about it, someone else has too.

One of the very first lessons that I learned on Reddit

The push for green energy will slowly die off as people begin to realize that mining cobalt does more harm than good when done at scales necessary for EV production.

A number of natural (and possibly unnatural) disasters will drastically shrink the population back to manageable levels as far as climate is concerned, but we will probably lose a ton of infrastructure and technological knowledge. Those living off grid will remain relatively unchanged.

What if the thousands of dollars awarded them a quality of life not possible without such a transaction? Are you saying that ths poor are too stupid to be allowed to make their own grown-ass decisions?

People in sweat shops in countries like bangladesh and india have poor working conditions, but those conditions are FAR better than the alternatives that are offered in those locations. From our perspective it's exploitation, but from theirs it's opportunity for a better life.

I bet there'd be less of a shortage if they let people sell their kidneys and parts of their livers