&gt; Is it even a discussion that humans need to use less resources? I thought this was all widely accepted basic stuff.<p>Hardly. Your mistake is that unlike animals humans don&#x27;t [just] consume resources, they create them.<p>So there isn&#x27;t a need to use less, instead you simply create more. Don&#x27;t forget that it&#x27;s not possible to &quot;use up&quot; matter - it&#x27;s always still there, a little effort and you can use it again.