The maniacs who claimed that something had a price on a market and cost to create claim that this means value was created. From an ecological perspective, nonsense. Economically, somewhat sound.

Misappropriated rare resources cause destroyed nature for the reason that capitalism said it was sound.

Every joule can only be spent once, but and as long as there is no moral coercion, there is a profit to be made from pillaging it from the supply.