>>bookof+(OP)
The idea that we should somehow just follow what nature dictates and revert to less is never going to work. We'll go mine asteroids if there's not enough material on Earth to make the batteries we need to run our industries 24/7, lights out. We want everything faster, in more comfort, to last longer, to be cheaper, to be more automated, to me more grandiose, to be more precise, to be more convenient.
If humans wanted to live by nature's vagaries, they would have remained chimps.