The Costs We Didn’t Put on the Balance Sheet

Coal isn’t merely an energy story.

Energy → air → health → climate → agriculture → migration → economics.

Industrial agriculture isn’t merely a food story.

Food → soil → water → health → biodiversity → energy → economics.

Automobiles aren’t merely transportation.

Transportation → land use → housing → air quality → health → energy → community.

Plastic isn’t merely packaging.

Materials → petroleum → manufacturing → consumption → waste → oceans → food chain.

There aren’t separate crises.

  • There are interconnected consequences.
  • This becomes one of the signature revelations of the experience.