It is true that there is a growing consumption of natural resources on a global scale. Although there will be some glaring negative consequences of this trend, societies can take steps to mitigate these potential problems.
As the raw materials are overused indiscriminately, several related problems can be anticipated.
The main issue is that the non-renewable resources, existing in nature in a limited way because their regeneration involves the passage of many years, will obviously become exhausted in the near future. This can pose a threat to the economy of developing countries. When mineral resources, such as oil, natural gas and coal, take an alarming turn with over exploitation, necessitating prices of related commodities to be spared, customers have to pay more for gasoline and electric bills. In other words, this issue, possibly led to a fuel war between countries which are depending on mineral wealth because their national economies relied to raw materials export. Another consequence is a greater level of environmental contamination. In recent years, forest fires have increased rapidly due to oil and coal mining, which require a considerable amount of forest land.
To avoid such scenario, governments could take several actions. Firstly, the simple solutions would be to organize green campaigns to raise public awareness about saving energy. For example, we could consume less energy by improving and modernizing energy infrastructure such as smart grid solutions and smart cities. The second remedy is that alternative sources of energy, such as solar power, wind power and tidal power, should be developed to reduce our dependence on fossil fuel.
In conclusion, the increase in the world’s demand for natural resources has engendered a number of problems to society. However, this can be handled by adopting above mentioned suggestions.
It is true that there is a growing consumption of natural resources on a global scale. Although there will be
some
glaring
negative
consequences of this trend, societies can take steps to mitigate these potential problems.
As the raw materials
are overused
indiscriminately
, several related problems can
be anticipated
.
The main issue is that the non-renewable resources, existing in nature
in a limited way
because
their regeneration involves the passage of
many
years, will
obviously
become exhausted in the near future. This can pose a threat to the economy of
developing countries
. When mineral resources, such as oil, natural gas and coal, take an alarming turn with over exploitation, necessitating prices of related commodities to
be spared
, customers
have to
pay more for gasoline and electric bills.
In other words
, this issue,
possibly
led to a fuel war between countries which
are depending
on mineral wealth
because
their national economies
relied
to raw materials export. Another consequence is a greater level of environmental contamination. In recent years, forest fires have increased
rapidly
due to oil and coal mining, which require a considerable amount of forest land.
To avoid such scenario,
governments
could take several actions.
Firstly
, the simple solutions would be to organize green campaigns to raise public awareness about saving
energy
.
For example
, we could consume less
energy
by improving and modernizing
energy
infrastructure such as smart grid solutions and smart cities. The second remedy is that alternative sources of
energy
, such as solar power, wind power and tidal power, should
be developed
to
reduce
our dependence on fossil fuel.
In conclusion
, the increase in the world’s demand for natural resources has engendered a number of problems to society.
However
, this can
be handled
by adopting above mentioned suggestions.