1. Sacrificing the needs of an economy for the environment will destroy both. - This is overall and far and away one thing which environmentalists seem to entirely lack any understanding of. There are a lot of claims that sacrifices must be made economically or that “the price of damaging the environment cannot be measured in dollars. We need to consider that cheap power has hidden costs to earth.”
I still cannot figure this one out, although I hear it a lot.
Here's my thought: if you destroy your environment, what are the chances you will have an economy left? A good example are societies that have deforested their countryside. A great many of these nations suffered terrible soil erosion as a direct result. When you have no soil left... guess what? You economy is in the toilet!
So... whoever wrote the above gem of wisdom, please explain!