Nothing is Sustainable

wattsupwiththat.com  h/t Ace of Spades HQ

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Here’s the ugly truth. It’s simple, blunt, and bitter. Nothing is sustainable. Oh, like the sailors say, the wind is free. As is the sunshine. But everything else we mine or extract to make everything from shovels to cell phones will run out.

Comment:

Wasn't it Keynes who said: "in the long run, we are all dead"?   What did Keynes mean and what do these sustainable development advocates mean?  It seems from a certain point of view that it is okay to sacrifice something in the future in order to obtain something urgently needed in the present.

In the long run, the sun will burn itself out.  In the long run, the universe will die out.  One way or another, everything must come to an end.  Perhaps by careful management, we can extend the lifetime of what we have, but we can't perpetuate it forever.

The needs of the moment will trump the needs of the distant future.  If you aren't dead now, you will be eventually.  Nothing is sustainable after all.