“The more subtle thing is more speculative. The world is well past its long-term carrying capacity for human beings living a European, much less an American, lifestyle predicated on planned obsolescence. International economic growth is largely a matter of accelerated movement of materials from mines and forests to the dump. Instead of saving and buying decent furniture we can pass on to our children, we charge our credit cards for shaped heaps of sawdust and glue that fall apart in less than three or four years.” WorldYearsHumansWellsChildrenLongMatterPastFallThreeGrowthTermHuman BeingsFourEconomicMovementMinesMaterialsCapacityOur ChildrenInternationalCreditLifestyleForestsCardsSavingLong TermDecentBuyingSubtleFour YearsFalling ApartFurnitureEconomic GrowthCredit CardDumpGlueObsolescenceSawdustPlanned Obsolescence Author:Denis Hayes
“I would love to see a fundamental re-thinking of whether we truly want to be the world's largest debtor nation, feeding an insatiable desire for mall-crawling with cheaply made crap from all over the world.” ThinkingWorldWantMadeDesireNationsFundamentalsCrapFeedingMallsInsatiableCrawlingDebtors Author:Denis Hayes
“The sunshine that strikes American roads each year contains more energy than all the fossil fuels used by the entire world.” WorldYearsUsedEnergyClimateStrikesFuelSunshineFossilsFossil FuelRenewable Energy Book:The Official Earth Day Guide to Planet Repair Source: The Official Earth Day Guide to Planet Repair
“These are not exhortations from overwrought extremists, but carefully phrased warnings from some of the world's finest scientists.” WorldScientistWarningFinestExtremist Author:Denis Hayes
