Steve Killelea

So their time horizon is the next election.

What can they do in that time and what will be popular?

But look,

We've just brought out an ecological threat register some six weeks ago, and it looked at the ecological shocks around the world.

And particularly in terms of water and food, a lot of countries have got real issues coming up in the future.

A lot of it comes back to just overpopulation, overusage of what resources are there.

So we can all see a whole range of just,

different issues with the ecosystem, whether it's the acidification of the oceans, it's the over fertilisation, it's the loss of biodiversity, it's climate change.

There's a whole range of issues.

So that's one dimension.

But the same, we're thinking the same way about sort of economies and the way our economies are running.

We're not giving enough thought to what is a long term, viable, sustainable economic model.

And it's certainly not one of the decreasing working conditions, decreasing wages to become more competitive with countries where the average wage is $10,000 a year.

Well, I think the first one is we've all got to control over our own consumption patterns.

Think about your consumption patterns, then like

Most people don't, even when they're committed to these courses.

But we can all have control over our consumption patterns.

We've all got control over our own debt.

So it's better to delay something, immediate gratification, in terms of your long-term higher gratification.

It's all sorts.