Consumption, resources, and the environment: What you need to know.
My blog is geared towards my family and friends Hey everyone, In my bio-renewable resources class, I have learned a lot about the resources we use on a day to day basis, and how these resources affect the bigger picture of our world, the environments in it, and how these environment sustain themselves. When we think about natural resources, a lot of the discussion revolves around "running out." One thing that I have learned is that this term can be very misleading when we are talking about resources consumption. When talking about extraction of ores for example, our current technology may only allow use to mine to a certain depth for say copper, without the cost exceeding the reward. This however does not mean that we are running out of copper, just that new technology may be required to obtain more. (Lesson 2) Lesson 2 Our Resources, Our Consumption, BBE 1002, UMN This mining, however, is growing more and more controversial. Every year we see different news stories where a...