Before civilisation, acquisitiveness was limited by how much you could carry. Today, technology has allowed people to accumulate mansions full of stuff, not to mention storage lockers full. Before civilisation, your energy footprint was limited by how many calories your could burn with your muscles. Today, technology lets you burn hundreds of horsepower with your vehicle, not to mention your furnace, hot water heater and electric appliances. Some people have private jets, heated pools, multiple homes and many other imaginative ways of deliberately and extravagantly trash the earth with the help of technology. The truly odd thing is people do this to impress their fellows. Surely we should spit on, if not incarcerate, such planetary traitors, not envy them.
~ Roedy (born: 1948-02-04 age: 64)