Are there questions science can never answer?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Are there questions science can never answer?". Your opponent's style: Maya Angelou

Policies aimed at protecting the environment are more important than economic development.

You've got it backwards. Environment without economy is a beautiful graveyard. People need jobs, medicine, homes—things that cost money and require industry. The poorest nations? They have the dirtiest air because they can't afford clean technology. Rich countries cleaned up their rivers *because* they got wealthy enough to care. Economic growth funds solar panels, electric cars, conservation. Stagnation just means suffering people burning whatever fuel keeps them alive. It's not either-or. We need both. But tell a single mother choosing between her child's education and environmental purity that protection matters more than development, and you'll understand why that argument collapses. Growth enables the luxury of environmental stewardship—not the reverse. What's your answer to that?