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We are slowly discovering that many of our wonderful inventions from 60-80-100 years ago have serious side effects.

Plastics, cars, planes, etc.

One could say that a balanced situation, where vested interests are put back in the box (close to impossible since it would mean fighting trillions of dollars), would mean that for example all 3 in the list above are used a lot less than we use them now, for example. And only used where truly appropriate.






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