We obviously want to produce things that people want. We are going to continue to do that in an environmentally responsible way, while still being aware of the physical, scientific, and practical issues that we have to deal with.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We already have many of the technologies and tools that we need to build a sustainable future. What we don't have is a new way of thinking, and that's really the hardest part.
Our goals must be to find new, environmentally-friendly ways by which to continue the art of creation, to utilize our valuable human skills, and to make things that will bring joy.
We want to use the environment to shift the way our society works.
We need to develop clean, affordable, and reliable energy sources, and frankly, we need to license that technology to the rest of the world.
As consumers, we need to demand that companies sell us sustainable products that do not disregard and destroy our natural world.
We need to be both conscious and competent to design products that emulate nature's life cycles, making sure that they endure and are either recycled or absorbed.
The clear and present danger of climate change means we cannot burn our way to prosperity. We already rely too heavily on fossil fuels. We need to find a new, sustainable path to the future we want. We need a clean industrial revolution.
The idea that we are going to be able to take our entire society as it currently works and simply change the source of energy and make it sustainable is not actually congruent with reality.
Address these environmental issues and you will address every issue known to man. And we keep dabbling in things that aren't really that important in the long term.
We have to find alternative ways of producing our raw materials without asking nature to do it for us.