If we, as a species, are able to keep upgrading our economies so that they get ever more efficient, we could theoretically pump out more and more value using the same — or, let's be really ambitious here — fewer resources.

作为一个物种，若我们可以不我们经济其产生更多，理论上来说，我们可以用同样——或者再野心勃勃一点——用更少资源创造更多价值。