Devotees of the Mammonite persuasion have difficulty with abstractions. Furthur, one can’t effectively spell it out for the ecologically dyslexic. When multi-million dollar waterfront properties have commercial utility only as thousand dollar oyster leases, then, and only then, will Mammonites get it.

  On a “res ipsa loquitur” basis, all the wealth in the world will not provide an adequate hedge against extinction, no matter how liquid one’s assets.