In the past we were headed down a dark path. One where the environment was exploited and not saved for future generations.
Stop
Stop Danger
Business, and sales went up
As the environments health declined, concern for protecting it went up.
With research came an understanding of the damage we were causing the environment.
It became good to care
Then a plateau was reached. Technology advances stalled, and our reliance on non-renewable resources continues.
With that understanding came change. We cleaned up some of our ways, started teaching about the affects we have on the environment, and passed laws protecting it from further harm.
Those damages shifted from the nations that demand them, to the nations poor enough not to be able to refuse the little money offered. Exploitations removed from the consumers sight.
A level of greed never seen arose. Consumers demand for instant cheap goods, drove a machine to make it.