In Nature, No Organic Substance Is Synthesized

Finally, Since Human Beings Are Uniquely Capable Of Producing Materials Not Found In Nature, Environmental Degradation May Be Due To The Resultant Intrusion Into An Ecosystem Of A Substance Wholly Foreign To It.

Because The Global Ecosystem Is A Connected Whole, In Which Nothing Can Be Gained Or Lost And Which Is Not Subject To Over-all Improvement, Anything Extracted From It By Human Effort Must Be Replaced. Payment Of This Price Cannot Be Avoided; It Can Only Be Delayed. The Present Environmental Crisis Is A Warning That We Have Delayed Nearly Too Long.

Despite The Dazzling Successes Of Modern Technology And The Unprecedented Power Of Modern Military Systems, They Suffer From A Common And Catastrophic Fault. While Providing Us With A Bountiful Supply Of Food, With Great Industrial Plants, With High-speed Transportation, And With Military Weapons Of Unprecedented Power, They Threaten Our Very Survival.

It Is Simply Economically Impossible To Require Controls That Even Approach Zero Emissions.

Everything Is Connected To Everything Else.