Development-A Goodbye to Conservation

Going to the US of A and settling down there itself is a common dream of many people living in underdeveloped countries like India. Even we are one of them.
But thinking in a broader aspect, is it really possible that all countries become as developed as the US and European countries?
Let’s imagine living the life of a common man in a developed country. Let’s imagine it right from the start of the day. You get up; use a couple of mouthwash liquids followed by a few other dental cosmetics, have bath using another bunch of shower gels and scrubs with no scarcity of water in a tub, use some electric shaver and other gadgets to get ready, and dress up in good clothes which are properly processed and washed in a washing machine. Next comes breakfast in which you have some stuff out of the refrigerator and eat some ready made cereals. Then you take out your luxury car and drive
out of your centrally heated 10 room house, away to office while the other family members drive their own cars to their destinations.
In office you work in an AC use a few more gadgets to get comfortable and make the best possible use of telephones, Internet and lifts.
Now compare the life where we live in India. Though the above life looks very attractive and comfortable, just try to calculate the amount of energy consumed by you living that life.
According to statistics, developed countries use 98% of the energy produced in the whole world while accommodating hardly 10% of the world’s population. Just imagine what’ll happen if the whole of the world started consuming energy by that rate. The oil and gas reserves will get exhausted maybe in a single day in that case.
Looking at the current scenario in India, IT companies are rapidly opening up their offices throughout the country. Though they don’t cause any pollution, the energy used by them is very high. Also development cannot happen only through IT. Other industries like manufacturing industries and service industries are springing up rapidly and adding to the power and land consumption.
When we talk about conservation, it covers all aspects- energy, land, resources, etc. Hence opening up of new industries is going to consume all these and hence there’ll be no conservation at all.
So now we can think-do we have to stop developing and go back to the olden days when there were no industries and very less people in the world?
I’ll say, partly yes. Don’t get shocked. I just want to say that though we cannot stop developing, we can surely try to reduce the population of mankind so that the people who are there in this world can live better lives. Also trying to induce self motivation in everyone to not use a resource until really needed can help solve the problem.