The High Price of Easy Life

In our last article, we said you shouldn't patch the Earth like a cheap phone. Today, let’s talk about why we are so obsessed with patches in the first place. It is because of Convenience. We want everything fast, easy, and comfortable. But in the world of nature, there is no free delivery. Every small comfort you enjoy has a hidden cost that the environment is paying on your behalf.

The Easy  Trap

Think about a single plastic bottle of water. It is very convenient. You buy it for a few Naira, drink it in two minutes, and toss it. To you, the transaction is finished. But for the environment, that convenience is a 500-year problem.

We love Fast Consumption—use it once and throw it away. But progress that only thinks about today is actually stealing from tomorrow. We are extracting more from the Earth than we are giving back, just so we don't have to be stressed for five minutes.

Everything you use is connected to a "power source" somewhere else:

•​That Cool AC: It feels great in your room, but it’s pumping heat into the street and eating energy that comes from burning things that choke the air.

•​The New Shirt: It’s cheap and trendy, but it took thousands of liters of water to make, and it will end up in a landfill before the year ends.

•​The One-Way Plastic: It saves you the stress of washing a plate, but it ends up blocking the gutter that causes the flood in your own street.

We think we are moving forward, but we are quietly overclocking the system. We are running the Earth at 200% speed just to stay comfortable.

Progress or Extraction?

Real progress shouldn't be about how much we can take; it should be about how much we can sustain. If your improvement makes your life easier but makes the soil, water, and air harder to live in, then that isn't progress, it’s just a bad loan.

Think Before You Consume

The rule remains: Look well before you act. Before you take that "convenient" option, ask yourself: Who is paying for this? If it’s too easy for you, it’s probably very hard on the planet. We need to stop chasing small comforts that bring large consequences.

The next time you want to patch your life with something fast and cheap, remember the motherboard. If you keep pushing the system for more than it can give, eventually, the whole thing will shut down. True tech is about efficiency, and there is nothing efficient about destroying your home for a bit of comfort.