Comment 18023

By Rusty (registered) - website | Posted February 05, 2008 at 19:04:43

Statius,

My statement regarding industries being non-sustainable does not mean to imply that companies don't produce value. How could I ever have meant that? Businesses only exist when they produce a value of some kind...

The point is as internalista is saying, businesses either directly or indirectly consume more of our non-renewable resources than can be replaced. De-forestation is a good (and easy) example. How many trees do we cut down to sustain business XYZ, and are we able to re-plant the same number to replace what we've lost? How much oil was spewed into the atmosphere to support the business? And can we reverse the damage to the environment?

Until we have a sustainable economy - i.e. until every business can replace the resources it has used - we will continue to push the planet over the edge.

Encouraging more spending on non-renewable (and, in many cases non-essential) consumer items and refusing to reign in our most environmentally destructive industries will only leave us with a bigger problem to face in the long run.

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