Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Resource depletion: Opportunity or looming catastrophe?

BBC: Imagine a world of spiralling food prices, water shortages and soaring energy costs. For many living in the world today, this nightmare scenario is already a reality. Even for the well-off living in developed economies, it is becoming all too familiar. And on current projections, it's going to get a whole lot worse. Short-term fluctuations in supply and demand aside, a global population explosion combined with finite resources means the planet cannot sustain ever-increasing levels of consumption...

URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16391040#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
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