But it is also conceivable that it would be bigger. Probably that it would be smaller, probably significantly smaller. Please give some examples. The environment always pays, for it is the money of life. Life is growth.
Life is consumption.
Life is waste. This is inescapable. Clearly more life, means more consumption. More people means more consumption and waste. You might argue that two careful people could consume less than one average person which is true, but statistics don't bear this out.