With a timely and aggressive investment program in a Green New Deal including renewable energy generation and distribution along with electrified rail, energy efficiency and auto transit the USA could both improve social conditions in the USA and help the environment long term. We also need to revise the requirements for manufactured goods, including clothing, and for agricultural practices so as to minimize resource use and maximize useful life of the goods. We could move towards a balanced trade pattern while having the ability to largely be an atarky. What we may not have the stomach for is reining in the elite looters to the degree required for the society to survive.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."