Speeding up consumption

To consume or not to consume? IMHO, the wrong question.

The challenge that we need to get our heads around is not about whether to consume or not, but how we consume - good evidence of this is borne out by the assertion (though tricky to test) that there's a greater weight of ants on the planet than humans. They don't appear to have an over-population problem, fundamentally because they don't screw up the planet every time they go to work, build a house or have lunch.

Nature has, over 3.9bn years, got pretty good at consuming and growth. Consuming life into life; growth increases the planet's capacity to support life. Humans are a little at odds with nature, with a pattern of consumption that turns life into death, with a pattern of growth that reduces the planet's capacity to support life, little by little, day by day.

What to do is to remodel the way we live on the ground rules and principles proven to work by nature. That way, no conflict.

The challenge that we need to get our heads around is not about whether to consume or not, but how we consume - good evidence of this is borne out by the assertion (though tricky to test) that there's a greater weight of ants on the planet than humans. They don't appear to have an over-population problem, fundamentally because they don't screw up the planet every time they go to work, build a house or have lunch.
Nature has, over 3.9bn years, got pretty good at consuming and growth. Consuming life into life; growth increases the planet's capacity to support life. Humans are a little at odds with nature, with a pattern of consumption that turns life into death, with a pattern of growth that reduces the planet's capacity to support life, little by little, day by day.
What to do is to remodel the way we live on the ground rules and principles proven to work by nature. That way, no conflict.