buildings that, like trees, produce more energy than they consume and purify their own waste water • factories that produce effluents that are drinking water • products that, when their useful life is over, do not become useless waste but can be tossed onto the ground to decompose and become food for plants and animals and nutrients for soil; or, alternately, that can return to industrial cycles to supply high-quality raw materials for new products • billions, even trillions, of dollars’ worth of materials accrued for human and natural purposes each year • transportation that improves the
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