Comment by gnerd00

> like more mature resource extraction industries

I have zero confidence that mature natural resource extraction companies are operating within sustainable bounds today, and a lot of evidence to back that up...

a large enough collection of resource extraction industries have already denuded vast areas and continue to do so .. combine with poisonous petrochemical products over time and industrial lighting and roads.. we are in a fast-paced extinction event.. "we" means a lot of economies..

It is "successful" in the short term to be greedy. Many companies today are successful.