Resource usage per capita has never been higher, because the goal is not to do the same work with less, the goal is always to achieve more with more (or at leas

Resource usage per capita has never been higher, because the goal is not to do the same work with less, the goal is always to achieve more with more (or at least the same). Achieving “the same with less” at a macroeconomic level is actually impossible. Because if you reduce your inputs, you are by definition reducing demand for someone else’s outputs, leading to ultimately less demand for your outputs, i.e. a recession. The “way out” is for the increasing output to be more ecological harvested, less polluting, and more recyclable than before.