Quotes from Raymond Barnett

technology based on the use of highly polluting fossil fuels—especially coal, but also oil and, to a lesser degree, gas—needs to be progressively replaced without delay.

While I would not claim that Muir's "God" (or his "Mother Nature") is neatly synonymous with China's "Tao," it seems clear that what Muir is getting at when he uses the various terms examined above is well within the variety of concepts that have been advanced to describe "the Tao