waste them resources, who cares?

There will be future generations. We can't keep burning through every fucking resource simply for profit or because no one has the incentive to have renewable alternatives. Contrary to what some folks I know hoped, we were not raptured in 2000 and there is no expectation of a rapture happening any time soon.

Just because a resource is available does not mean we have to exploit that resource. Using helium to inflate birthday balloons is such a misuse of a very finite resource!