We need to decrease our energy consumption. There isn't any way around it. We need less people, too. Sure, there are lots of ways to create MORE energy tools. We can build solar panels, wind turbines, wave turbines but we are creating MORE stuff.
Now some areas of our world have natural resources in abundance. This includes water and oil. But it still doesn't solve the dilema. This destroys natural resources. Selling water and oil also includes a transportation footprint. In many locales you can not transport wildlife from one place to another. You can't fell trees and dump them somewhere else. Why you ask? It alters the eco-system. It causes transportation of diseases. Kind of makes sense, doesn't it?
Morever, transporting anything isn't keeping those places sustainable. And, it is damaging our environment. Just look at the incidence of cancer, asthma and a variety of other environmentally-induced diseases. Do we really need more studies to tell us what we already know? We are making ourselves sick. Worse, we are poisoning ourselves and causing unbearable human suffering. Ultimately...death.
Another thing. "Green" isn't always green. Did you really believe it is? Kashi has been cited for not using organic products. The list goes on. Green can be a wonderful thing if the owner/producers do the right thing and tell the truth. My personal pet peeve is the number of sheets on toilet tissue. This is one of my favorite companies. I enjoy their products immensely. Tell me what is green about producing scant rolls of toilet tissue in lieu of 1,000 sheets. Let's talk carbon footprint here. Investigate the companies whose products you consume. Write about them, go to the media, put them on Facebook. Green should also be cheaper because there are supposedly no 'add'itives in them.
Let's keep it simple.
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