the thing is, any balanced honest accounting would show a ledger with a very dismal and frightening bottom line if ecological over-shoot, air & water pollution, species extinction, deforestation, poisoned soil and devastated fish stocks are taken into account.
I think it, a complete accounting, would show a new baseline Balance Sheet of incredible assets and serious liabilities. In accounting Assets minus liabilities equals Equity - the net value of the concern. I think it would take a cynical mind of even imagine our liabilities, no matter how overwrought are even a fraction of our still vast natural wealth. Could we have done better as human animals? Maybe. Has too much been lost needlessly? For sure. But what we've inherited is still magic and of tremendous value.
the thing is, any balanced honest accounting would show a ledger with a very dismal and frightening bottom line if ecological over-shoot, air & water pollution, species extinction, deforestation, poisoned soil and devastated fish stocks are taken into account.
I think it, a complete accounting, would show a new baseline Balance Sheet of incredible assets and serious liabilities. In accounting Assets minus liabilities equals Equity - the net value of the concern. I think it would take a cynical mind of even imagine our liabilities, no matter how overwrought are even a fraction of our still vast natural wealth. Could we have done better as human animals? Maybe. Has too much been lost needlessly? For sure. But what we've inherited is still magic and of tremendous value.