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*adopt [[energy conserving]] technologies, anticipating huge rises in energy prices; adopt [[material conserving]] approaches including [[recycling]] at all levels and [[product stewardship]] | *adopt [[energy conserving]] technologies, anticipating huge rises in energy prices; adopt [[material conserving]] approaches including [[recycling]] at all levels and [[product stewardship]] | ||
*account for use of [[natural capital]] and for its destruction as conversion of a [[capital asset]]; permit energy and material savings to be | *account for use of [[natural capital]] and for its destruction as conversion of a [[capital asset]]; permit energy and material savings to be invested in by third parties separately, as a different type of "savings bond", letting them share in the benefits of all savings of natural capital due to reduced energy, reduced resource inputs, and reduced waste outputs (for instance [[emission trading]] credits) - account for [[nature's services]] use. | ||
*build [[industrial ecology]] so that [[waste]] outputs of one process are [[resource]] inputs of another; consider [[waste as resource]] at every level | *build [[industrial ecology]] so that [[waste]] outputs of one process are [[resource]] inputs of another; consider [[waste as resource]] at every level | ||
*redefine all [[commodity]] and [[product]] offerings as [[service]] offerings, to expose hidden costs and ensure that [[state services]] and [[nature's services]] are not considered to be "free" but rather paid by tax and renewal. | *redefine all [[commodity]] and [[product]] offerings as [[service]] offerings, to expose hidden costs and ensure that [[state services]] and [[nature's services]] are not considered to be "free" but rather paid by tax and renewal. | ||