Scarcity
"Resources are precious in the universe--mineral resources, water resources, biological resources, food resources. Large technological societies such as the Collectives have an enormous need for resources for their own maintenance."[1]
"Many resources used in advanced forms of technology are quite rare and must be gained from afar through a complex system of trade and commerce." [2]
"You do not realize how valuable a tree is in the Greater Community, how valuable seeds are, the great need for fluids from plants and animals and the problem in securing biological resources and rare metals. That is why humanity is viewed as reckless and without wisdom." [3]
"The world is a finite place with finite resources. If you exhaust it, you face the perils that such exhaustion will bring to you. This is a truth of life in the physical Universe. You cannot escape it, whether you are a human being or whether you are a race living in another world, for the laws of nature hold true everywhere." [4]
References
- ↑ The Allies of Humanity Book Two, Fifth Briefing: What They Want
- ↑ Life in the Universe, Chapter 4: Trade and Commerce in this Region of Space
- ↑ The Allies of Humanity Book Three, Fifth Briefing: Many Voices in the Universe
- ↑ The New Message on the Environment (December 2007)