I mostly agree, but a warmer, more tropical world is beneficial for humans.

I also don't think we should put positive value on biodiversity or recycling. Biodiversity will look after itself and in any case we should be promoting ourselves and species with which we have synergistic relationships (eg dogs horses & cattle). Recycling will occur naturally on the free market. If it's cheaper to dig something out of the earth than to recycle, that tells us something about the current distribution of resources and capabilities.