The earth s resources are limited, will human beings endless demands use up the earth s resources?

Updated on science 2024-06-14
21 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-02-11

    It's a cliché, and if we humans continue to continue to deprive ourselves of our only home, the earth, one day sooner or later, we will lose our limited resources, and we will have no resources to exploit.

    The day of exhaustion. The topic of "energy crisis" seems to have been exposed to us since childhood, and we should not let our guard down, and we must focus on saving resources, eliminating waste, and recycling.

    As early as ancient times, our civilization was still in slash-and-burn farming, primitive people would only drill wood to make fire, live in caves, and could not use and exploit natural resources, and then with the progress of the times and the evolution of civilization, we human beings continued to move forward, gradually made use of natural resources, and gradually developed the economy with the help of the advantages brought to us by nature, building industrial civilization, building industrial bases, mining coal mines, reclaiming wasteland, and using natural resources to complete economic development and maintenance in life.

    However, with the increasing demand, our Mother Earth has begun to have a resource crisis, due to the continuous exploitation of natural resources such as oil, coal and natural gas, coupled with the continuous cutting down of trees and other vegetation, the earth's ecosystem.

    It has suffered severe damage, the resource cycle chain has been disrupted, and the earth's resources have become precarious.

    In recent years, human beings have carried out green environmental protection activities, calling on entrepreneurs all over the world to actively invest in the protection of the earth's green resources and reduce the greenhouse effect.

    Refuse to exploit vegetation and protect the ecological environment.

    At the same time, the scientific community is also developing new power systems, in addition to the existing solar power generation, hydropower generation is also inventing fuel cells, hoping to further alleviate the resource crisis, save natural resources, and maintain life on the earth.

    As long as we human beings work together, we believe that we will alleviate the current energy crisis and jointly build a better tomorrow for the earth.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-10

    Yes. Because the earth's resources are limited, if human beings ask endlessly, they will one day use up the earth's resources.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-09

    Yes, human beings will take endlessly, without knowing the return, and the resources will be exhausted one day.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-08

    The natural resources possessed by the earth are also limited, and mineral resources, for example, are not a gift from God, but have been formed after millions or even hundreds of millions of years of geological changes.

    Introduction: Natural resources have a dual nature, which is not only the basis for human survival and development, but also an environmental element. Natural substances and energies that have already been utilized are called "resources", and substances and energies that may be utilized in the future are called "potential resources".

    According to the distribution of natural resources and the length of time they have been used by human beings, natural resources can be divided into two categories: limited resources and unlimited resources, among which limited resources can be divided into renewable resources and non-renewable resources. Natural resources generally refer to the natural conditions that exist in the natural world and can be used by human beings (elements of the natural environment).

    Forest resources and the National Environment Programme (UNEP) define forest resources as natural environmental factors and conditions that can generate economic value to enhance the current and future well-being of human beings under certain conditions of time and place.

    It usually includes mineral resources, land resources, water resources, climate resources and biological resources. It has a close connection with human society; It is not only an important foundation for human survival, but also a necessary condition and place for social production of raw materials, fuels and production layout.

    Natural resources are only a relative concept, and with the improvement of social productivity and the progress of science and technology, some natural products can be converted into natural resources. For example, with the advancement of seawater desalination technology, in arid areas, some seawater and salty lake water may become freshwater**.

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-07

    With the continuous progress of human science and technology, if there are no irresistible factors. Human survival is not a problem.

    The 5 billion years I'm talking about upstairs just refer to the current consumption of resources by human beings.

    But, I said it. Humanity is constantly improving. The world is slowly starting to pay attention to sustainable development. The use of resources will become more and more restrictive.

    As long as the level of human civilization continues to improve according to the current development, I think, whether it is energy or biological resources. Humanity will be able to find a better way than it is now. to control resources. Rational use of resources.

    But. 5 billion years is indeed a great difficulty for mankind. In 5 billion years, the sun will run out of its own nuclear raw materials.

    Slowly transformed into a red giant, at this time. The Earth will no longer exist. Of course.

    If 5 billion years of time. Humans have established settlements on other planets. That would have avoided this catastrophe.

    But. That's not something we're thinking about.

    All right. It seems to be off topic. Not much.

    My opinion is. How long the resource lasts. It's just a matter of how humans use it. Because the laws of physics: the laws of conservation of energy and mass tell us. Resources don't disappear. It's just something else. If we could recycle it.

  6. Anonymous users2024-02-06

    1. Use less disposable chopsticks and cups.

    In daily life and entertainment, use less or no disposable chopsticks and cups to reduce the waste of forest resources.

    2. Recycle the water and tighten the faucet.

    To save water resources, it is necessary to recycle water, wash the water used in the toilet to flush the toilet, wash the rice water can be used to water the flowers, and usually tighten the faucet, do not let it run for a long time.

    3. Garbage classification and reuse.

    Some of the garbage that can be used must be classified and utilized, and the garbage that cannot be used should be disposed of by a professional garbage dump, especially the living battery, which must not be discarded at will.

  7. Anonymous users2024-02-05

    According to relevant surveys, the earth's resources can be used for about 200-250 years, but this is only an estimate, depending on the actual consumption.

    Up to now, some countries have consumed a lot of resources. If we live according to the spending power of the United States, the natural resources of the five planets can sustain us. Most of them are developed countries, whose energy consumption is well above average.

    But in this energy consumption statistic,China, which is still a developing country, is also dragging down the planet.

    How long will the Earth's natural resources last? Since 1970, humanity's demand for the Earth's resources has exceeded its ability to regenerate them. At present, the coal, oil and natural gas accumulated on the planet have been almost completely depleted in just a few hundred years.

    It is estimated that the world's fossil energy sources can last for 46 years: oil, gas and coal. Some people say, isn't there oil that has been confirmed?

    Especially offshore oil. In addition, the proven oil reserves in the future will only be enough for us to use for 250-300 years.

    Although the Earth's area is covered by water, its freshwater resources are extremely limited. If the water on Earth is compared to a large tank, then there is only a small glass of fresh water available. The bottom line for humans to drink fresh water is 4,000 cubic kilometers per year.

    Currently, 2,600 cubic kilometers are consumed annually. It is estimated that global freshwater consumption will break the bottom line by 2050.

    The direction of development of human society is always forward. We don't need to go back to the most primitive and simple state, but we must cherish the benefits that nature gives to human beings, and demand a certain degree and know how to reciprocate. People are tired and need rest to replenish their energy. So is the Earth.

  8. Anonymous users2024-02-04

    I think it's about 300 years old, because the resources on the earth are limited now.

  9. Anonymous users2024-02-03

    The consumption of the earth's energy means that the earth will face destruction. Energy consumption in the near future the earth will be destroyed ··? In fact, the creator of the earth universe is in · · It's God

    God Controls the Life and Death of the World and the Universe ·· God says that the world is born and that the world is destroyed, and that when the world is destroyed, it is destroyed. Is it really that powerful"?

  10. Anonymous users2024-02-02

    Oil, for example, has no advantage and cannot be used for 80 years under given conditions.

  11. Anonymous users2024-02-01

    Isn't it true that developable resources have been being used all the time, and that non-developable resources are rarely used.

  12. Anonymous users2024-01-31

    If we look at the development status of development, it should be used for about 300 years at most.

  13. Anonymous users2024-01-30

    I think it can be used for a few hundred years, because it's almost mined now.

  14. Anonymous users2024-01-29

    Around 200-250 years, but it still depends on the actual usage.

  15. Anonymous users2024-01-28

    According to relevant surveys, it is about 200 years, but this is only an estimate.

  16. Anonymous users2024-01-27

    I think it's just a few centuries or a dozen centuries!

  17. Anonymous users2024-01-26

    It can be used for about 200 years, but it has not been confirmed.

  18. Anonymous users2024-01-25

    Around 200 to 250 years, coal can only be used for 80 years.

  19. Anonymous users2024-01-24

    In fact, all the mines in the world have not been completely exhausted, and seventy or eighty percent of the mineral deposits are left underground. Because the further down the extraction, the higher the cost, taking oil as an example, being able to extract one-third is the world's top mining level, and people only extract the easiest and lowest cost mineral deposits. And with the skyrocketing of resources, people will still dig out the mines.

    So it should last a little longer.

  20. Anonymous users2024-01-23

    ** Time is still available for hundreds of years. But I don't know what the reality will be.

  21. Anonymous users2024-01-22

    This depends on how economical human beings can use it, otherwise it will always be used out.

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