> shelter, food, medicine, education and utilities Many of these really aren't resources though. Lumber, iron, and oil are resources but shelter, medicine, and

> shelter, food, medicine, education and utilities Many of these really aren't resources though. Lumber, iron, and oil are resources but shelter, medicine, and utilities are all products made with resources. Education isn't even either, it's a service. Whether they are all necessities today is up to opinion, and I expect the are good arguments to be made that they are all necessary, but they definitely aren't resources.