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*növeli az alternatívák (pl.: [[megújuló energiaforrás]], [[újrahasznosítás]], stb...) fejlesztésére fordított alapot
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This position argues that allowing market forces to take effect is the most rational way of solving the problem, and consider that these forces are more efficient than centralized decision systems (see [[economic calculation]], [[dispersed knowledge]], [[tragedy of the commons]]). Market capitalism can take advantage of the exploitation of energy sources that were not economically viable 10 or 20 years prior, because under new conditions the required economic growth will necessitate their use.
In response to the theories of [[Georgescu-Roegen]], [[Robert Solow]] and [[Joseph Stiglitz]] noted that capital and labor can substitute for natural resources in production either directly or indirectly, ensuring sustained growth or at least sustainable development.<ref>William D. Sunderlin, Ideology, Social Theory, and the Environment, [[Rowman & Littlefield Publishers]], 2002, p. 154-155.</ref>
====Creative destruction====
The concept of degrowth is founded on the hypothesis that producing more always implies the consumption of more energy and raw materials, while at the same time decreasing the size of the labor force, which is replaced by machines. This analysis is considered misleading from the point of view that technological progress allows us to produce more with less, as well as provide more services. This is what is known as [[creative destruction]], the process by which the "old" companies from a sector (as well as their costly and polluting technologies) disappear from the market as a result of the innovation in that sector that brings down costs while consuming less energy and raw materials in exchange for increased productivity.
At the same time, this reduction in costs and/or increase in profits increases the ability to save, which simultaneously allows for investment in new advances, which will replace the old technologies.
===Marxist critique===
[[Marxists]] distinguish between two types of growth: that which is useful to mankind, and that which simply exists to increase profits for companies. Marxists consider that it is the nature and control of production that is the determinant, and not the quantity. They believe that control and a strategy for growth are the pillars that enable social and economic development. According to Jean Zin, while the justification for degrowth is valid, it is not a solution to the problem.<ref>''L'écologie politique à l'ère de l'information'', Ere, 2006, p. 68-69</ref>
===Third world critique===
The concept of degrowth is viewed as contradictory when applied to lesser-developed countries, which require the growth of their economies in order to attain prosperity. In this sense the majority of supporters of degrowth advocate the attainment of a certain, acceptable level of well-being independent of growth. The question of where the balance lies (i.e. how much the developed nations should degrow by, and how much the developing nations should be allowed to grow), remains open.{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}}
===Technological critique===
Supporters of scientific progress argue that it will solve the problems of energy supply, waste and the reduction of raw materials. This ideology draws inspiration from the [[Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]] to develop an optimistic technologist vision. They point to the reduction in the relation between energy consumption and production (or [[energy intensity]]) over the past twenty years. They propose that research into [[Nuclear power|nuclear energy]] could provide temporary energy alternatives to the [[peak oil|oil crisis]], while technologies such as [[nuclear fusion]] come online.
This argument is contrasted by the data obtained by the [[Global Carbon Project]] in 2007, which notes the stagnation in the aforementioned decrease in energy intensity, which is one of the variables of the [[Kaya identity]], which tends to show that either the economic downturn, or demographic decline are essential to prevent ecological disaster. {{Citation needed|date=May 2011}}
== See also ==
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* [[Blueprint for Survival]]
* [[Club of Rome]]
* [[Downshifting]]
* [[Edward Goldsmith]]
* [[E. J. Mishan|Ezra J. Mishan]]
* [[Genuine Progress Indicator]]
* [[Limits to Growth]]
* [[Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen]]
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* [[Political ecology]]
* [[Power Down: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World]]
* [[Serge Latouche]]
* [[Simple living]]
* [[Traditional trades]]
* [[Transition Towns|Transition Movement]]
* [[Uneconomic growth]]
* [[Wealth, Virtual Wealth and Debt]]
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