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Sustainability. A choice or a Budget?

Sustainability- the ability to exist constantly, or so says Wikipedia. As I see it, sustenance is like the monthly grocery which is on a budget. We use as much as we need and hope it lasts us for the next twenty nine days. If the key to sustainability is a packet of sugar, we figure out a way to use it, so that it covers us for every cup of tea, that we will consume. But, of course some people can afford two packets of sugar and might pour, more per drink. But that's, a matter of choice and not budget. It's time we think about, the impacts of non biodegradable wastes, forests burning, global warming, excess usage of fossil fuels, and raise a question of- whether we are consuming fuels, to travel the distaces today, or waiting for the entire planet to turn to fossils tomorrow? I think it's time to worry about what series of disasters, asking for a plastic bag would cause, just how we worry about our favourite series coming up on Netflix. Our prime concerns should...