Return to nature meaning go renewables. We are treated as second class to others especially China. BRIC countries & Chindia etc will become a thing of the past as others have moved ahead, especially in energy.
On a broader note, China is forging ahead despite the Sichuan earth-quake. They are exploring gas in disputed territories with Japan, with US in $15 billion business deals, and cosying up to Taiwan. We are waking up as losers and going to bed likewise. The eternal also rans in life also. We just cannot makeup our minds!
As we have talents, the politicians have just to leave them alone and not put road-blocks. We have hit huge ones in oil & now the nuclear non-deal.