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Because we can expect future generations to be richer than we are, no matter what we do about resources, asking us to refrain from using resources now so that future generations can have them later is like asking the

Because we can expect future generations to be richer than we are, no matter what we do about resources, asking us to refrain from using resources now so that future generations can have them later is like asking the poor to make gifts to the rich.

Julian Simon
Using Resources, Generations, Asking
Julian Lincoln Simon (1998). “The Ultimate Resource 2”, p.295, Princeton University Press

We must obviously be much more clever in using resources, regulate with tax and promote innovations.

Hans Rosling
Clever, Using Resources, Innovation
Source: www.bbc.co.uk

I think we are in the midst of this period where we are committing this suicide on the planet and everybody is just using up all of our natural resources like a bunch of insane people. That's what I worry about more than I worry about jazz.

Sonny Rollins
Suicide, Thinking, Using Resources

Criticism of growth arose with the discovery that growth beyond a certain point is destructive of the earth. We are already using resources much faster than they can be replenished. We are producing wastes much faster than nature's sinks can process them. The growth economy will end. The only questions are when its end will come, and whether humanity will be able to survive its demise.

John B. Cobb
Using Resources, Discovery, Humanity
John B. Cobb (1994). “Sustaining the Common Good: A Christian Perspective on the Global Economy”

Some people say that the West has a cruel history. These people also may see the achievements of Western countries - in terms of the economy, education, health, and social achievements - as a result of exploitation of poorer countries, including Arab countries. Western nations get rich by using resources such as Arab oil. Meanwhile, the countries supplying them raw materials remain poor. Due to such injustices, jealousies are created.

Dalai Lama
Country, Using Resources, Oil
Interview with Amitabh Pal, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. January 1, 2006.

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