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When we say we have "hit the limits," we are saying that nature is the problem, when in fact the limits we have hit are the limits of destruction and waste, not nature.


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This page presents the quote "When we say we have &quot;hit the limits,&quot; we are saying that nature is the problem, when in fact the limits we have hit are the limits of destruction and waste, not nature.". Author of this quote is Frances Moore Lappé. This quote is about limits, facts, problem, destruction, waste, nature,.