Yes, but this feeds into that. (tldr trigger warning)

China has been absolutely trashing their ecology with overproduction, expecting that people would rush to buy what they produce. But the people aren't actually there. Either because they don't want to buy, because they are too poor to buy, or because they simply don't exist. We don't know which it is.

So, what to do with all of the stuff?

Well, the production lines are scaled up, to produce massive quantities, quickly, and at a low price-per-item. And there is no way to scale them down, without going bankrupt. So, they just keep them running, take part of the produce out, and put it in storage. Eventually, the storage is full. Hmmm... Where to put it? Send it abroad! But there aren't enough people abroad, who need a 19th Chinese plastic doo-dad or a 50th cheap cotton t-shirt. Hmmm... What to do? Well, just burn it. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Just keep producing too much, and then burn some it...

The populations are all aging, from here, even the Africans. So, they will consume steadily less, going forward. But they keep producing more...

No problem. Just keep burning it.

And why go to war? War is an industry that is based on the concept of producing things and then burning them... in order to get natural resources. Natural resources are limited by nature, so you produce something no one needs, you burn it on someone else's land, and then you get the land.

This is all caused by the overproduction of large-scale industry. It would be especially bitter, if that overproduction stemmed from inaccurate birth statistics.

Now, they build these humanoid robots. They are extremely energy-intensive to build, and most people have no real use for them, but I am sure that they will build enough of them for at least 1.4 billion people to have at least one.

And then they will take the excess and burn it.