The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. The Picture of Dorian Gray

Of course, they come in different degrees and quantities. But there is no life where you can be in a state of sheer happiness for ever. And imagining there is just breeds more unhappiness in the life you’re in.” Midnight Library

“And—such is my thinking, o Exalted One—no one attains deliverance through teaching!” Siddhartha

Because we are the cause of our environmental problems, we are the ones in control of them, and we can choose or not choose to stop causing them and start solving them. The future is up for grabs, lying in our own hands. We don’t need new technologies to solve our problems; while new technologies can make some contribution, for the most part we "just" need the political will to apply solutions already available. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed