But in response to another post - yes .. the eco freaks will go crazy saying we're robbing flora of their food !!!!
We are robbing the flora of its food and energy.
Transferring the sun’s heat energy into electrical power for example should be permitted on one condition:
That the energy be used for the electrical needs of all the animal and plant kingdom.
Wide-screen televisions, iPods and electrical toothbrushes will then serve at the pleasure of leopards, badgers, dung beetles and the spotted owl.