What is this “trashing the planet” rubbish? The planet and everything on it are at the disposal of humans for their survival and betterment. Suter would have us believe that we are all vandals. He is, of course, a paragon of virtue, fully justified in sneering at and running down everyone else.

If you like being insulted, continue reading this 'trash’.

Those who take offence at the consequences of their own actions deserve to be insulted.
Meanwhile the younger generations are well aware of the environmental degradation that is still taking place.

Yep, some truth here. Looked at crudely. Australia is subjected to an outflow of manufacturing facilities to China, thus reducing environmental pressure at home.
China gladly accepted the gift and began a manufacturing bonanza. The true cost of this shift was towards their environment.

Moving on. Next, the huge profits for China were then shifted to past-manufacturing countries by Chinese FDI back into those countries.

This has been achieved by investing into real estate, both city based and the rural sector through investing into the farming sector, and whatever money can buy. Up goes our GDP index.
To a politician, all negatives will be ignored: However the thread of environmental degradation can be followed.

This article is complete nonsense. Any global warming that occurs this century will be beneficial. It will benefit ecosystems and benefit the global economy, which means it will increase welfare and benefit mankind.

The warning we are or rather the Author is ignoring is, thinking inside a fixed circle of ideas. Invariably for this Author with his typical constipated thinking? His only option after coal is renewables. He doesn't for instance factor in recycling. I men take metals, copper is almost 100% recyclable. And modern plastics, some manmade and able to be replicated by the transformation of seawater. Therefore endlessly sustainable!

Limiting economic growth is risible nonsense As long as there is poverty, hunger, and unmet need!

And for this Author and his antiquated constipated thinking, is always-always connected to population growth. Even as he stares at China, depopulating by the rule of law, able to sustain economic growth year by year in double-digit figures!

And because it eliminated the parasite class to begin with, as it prospered by actually making the business of improving your personal prosperity, far more inclusive than we in the west who seem to be going in the opposite direction and concentrating the only finite thing we have and that finite thing is wealth. We could treble it virtually overnight here in Australia, with far more inclusive cooperative capitalism!

Everything else is virtually limitless, but only if we include, walk away safe, MSR thorium energy, in the mix. And use this ultracheap, safe, clean, carbon-free energy as well as deionisation dialysis desalination.

Moreover, with that cheapest of all, energy. Able to add endless recycling to the economic paradigm, and grow the economy almost as much as we want! Absolutely!

Without adding to this planet's population numbers of drought-displaced refugees.

Addressing climate change is as simple as drawing down CO2 levels!

RATHER THAN ADDING TO THEM QUITE MASSIVELY, WITH THE MANUFACTURE OF WIND TURBINES AND SOLAR PANELS, ALL OF WHICH REQUIRE THE EQUALLY MASSIVE BURNING OF ANNUAL BILLIONS OF TONS OF COAL! AND WITH THAT BURN, MILLIONS MORE TONS OF CO2 TO ADDED THE ATMOSPHERE!

Wake up dosey, it's not a nuclear war that's has put the planet and all life in extreme jeopardy/on the brink of destruction. But manmade, CO2 caused, climate change!
Alan B.

"Any global warming that occurs this century will be beneficial".

Yes. You only need to look at a topographic map to seen the extra green patches created by the slight warming and extra CO2 that has occurred.