There is no such thing as a free lunch. Humans are keenly aware of this reality, this law of equivalent exchange, which states that everything has a price. There is no free lunch. The cost is always paid somewhere, even if it is not by you. If you want to take something, you have to give something of equal or greater value.
Why then, if humans are familiar with this, do they take from their natural surroundings without thinking time give anything back? It's a law that applies nearly everywhere, whether in human economic systems or ecological systems. Humans exploit resources because they think it's free for the taking, that there is no price to pay. Only, there is a price, and the debt is accumulating.
Very engaging!
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