> The ecological situation can be improved (damage slowed) by putting resources into it, or encouraging a shift in resource use through laws. But this itself h

> The ecological situation can be improved (damage slowed) by putting resources into it, or encouraging a shift in resource use through laws. But this itself has a long-term cost in terms of both consumption and complexity. Put another way, you can't solve the environmental problems, really, if you demand that consumption continues to rise exponentially over time. What I think we are actually being sold with the green energy agenda is a way to continue to grow consumption because this is important to macroeconomists. The problem though is that this leads to permamently debt-ridden, destitute workers robbed of social context in order to make the wealthy even more rich. The environmental damage could be contained by taxes to reduce consumption but that has very significant implications for our way of life. Reducing consumption though is the only way out.