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We have been using the resources we need. A bunch of rock and magma isn't really useful to us. It's things like soil which only exists on the surface, or oil, w
by imesh 7y ago
We have been using the resources we need. A bunch of rock and magma isn't really useful to us. It's things like soil which only exists on the surface, or oil, which has been getting harder and harder to extract.
- ekianjo 7y agoThe day we need more resources, you can be sure we will go and get them where they are. We have not have had the need to dig deep or explore the oceans so far (because other resources were readily available), but there is no telling we will never do so. > or oil, which has been getting harder and harder to extract. Harder to extract but still in much larger abundance than what was predicted by mostly everyone back in the 70-80s. I don't know if you were around then, but you may have heard of "peak oil". It never happened (as in, not yet, and that was already a long time ago).
- brianpgordon 7y agoI don't think the Earth is going to literally run out of anything, sure. We can always dig deeper, or prospect for more resources out in Siberia, or whatever. But there's something to be said for being concerned about being responsible with this golden age we find ourselves in, when resources are so extraordinarily cheap and abundant. It's not a given that it will be like this forever. Imagine lithium being as rare as gold, and think about whether something like the phenomenon of ubiquitous smartphones would even have been possible.