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，若可以不断发展经济其产效益，理论上来说，可以用同样——或者再野心勃勃一点——用少资源创造价值。