Some feel the key to the solution lies in rearranging our priorities. Where we are currently human-centered, they look for a switch to environment-centered values. In the past, when petrochemicals and other industries didn't have ready access to enough water for their needs, the government would simply blow up mountains and reroute rivers to get it to them.
有人認為價值觀的翻轉──從以「人」為本，轉為以「環境」為本──才是解開環境生態死結的關鍵，過去當石化等耗水產業找不到水源時，政府就得去炸山鑿洞、越域引水；當大陸觀光客蜂擁來台時，社會便只看漂亮的業績而不談環境承載量。