Faustian Economics

Wendell Berry makes quite a few extreme accusations in his article, Faustian Economics. Berry claims that our overly wasteful and selfish world is rapidly killing our planet and that soon this will all come to a close. He begins by explaining the nature of humans to believe that they can do whatever they want when ever they want to because we have no limits. As humans we are greedy, selfish, and careless with our resources. The idea that we are not responsible for what resources we use is justified by the idea that science will magically solve all of our problems. If we aren't worried about the effects we are having on our planet, then we won't be concerned with the results we inevitably leave for future generations. We live in a world of right this second and were throwing away the world of the future.
Berry makes his argument appealing by using plays and current events. He makes his claims appear reasonable by playing to our emotional sides and trying to scare us with extreme facts. In "Faustian Economics" he uses a fictional character to explain something in economics as a metaphor.