A Finite World Can Support

The Rational Man Finds That His Share Of The Cost Of The Wastes He Discharges Into The Commons Is Less Than The Cost Of Purifying His Wastes Before Releasing Them.

Economists (and Others) Who Are Satisfied With Nature-free Equations Develop A Dangerous Hubris About The Potency Of Our Species

Incommensurables Cannot Be Compared.

The Exquisite Sight, Sound, And Smell Of Wilderness Is Many Times More Powerful If It Is Earned Through Physical Achievement, If It Comes At The End Of A Long And Fatiguing Trip For Which Vigorous Good Health Is Necessary. Practically Speaking, This Means That No One Should Be Able To Enter A Wilderness By Mechanical Means.

Moreover, The Practical Recommendations Deduced From Ecological Principles Threaten The Vested Interests Of Commerce; It Is Hardly Surprising That The Financial And Political Power Created By These Investments Should Be Used Sometimes To Suppress Environmental Impact Studies.