Quote Originally Posted by FJerome View Post
Yes but crafting items also consumes crystallized Aether, sometimes hundreds of shards on a single item. Using the teleport system consumes Aether.

It's not whether or not the Primals are causing a problem, it's whether Limsa has any moral high-ground on the Kobolds and in my view they don't.
Difference:
Primals consume aether. Nothing else consumes, burns it, things are made of it, but not consumed.
The aether used by crystals in crafting eventually returns to the land as the crafted item decays with time. Aether consumed by primals is gone, forever.

Aether is not an infinite resource, much like petrol