Over the last several decades, the problem of natural resources depletion is increasingly on the agenda. Scientists and activists argue that the Earth can no longer able to supply the insatiable appetites of capital, and I tend to agree with them. In this essay, I will elaborate on my perspective on this matter.
First of all, the facts provided by multiple researches have prove that the number of non-renewable environmental sources has critically reduced due to the continuous fuel fossil extraction. The countless abandoned and wasted mining sites over the world are indicate the same. Additionally, the huge number of industries using natural water bodies in production processes make them unsuitable for alive creatures. At this moment, human activity has almost gone beyond all acceptable Planetary Boundaries, and, it seems that if we keep this up, we will most likely have found ourselves on completely destroyed and uninhabitable planet.
Apart from that, this kind of vital issues have led to the fierce debates about economical and political sustainability as well as developing strategies for avoiding forthcoming ecological collapse, evidencing that the problem is real. The level at which approaches assuming decreasing of raw material extraction and recycling as a first aim, such as outgrowth or green growth, are negotiated shows outmost concern among a large number of people about the need to revise the methods of utilisation of natural resources in production.
In conclusion, here is no doubt today that we are closer than ever to the limit of natural resources depletion challenging our awareness of future stable growth and prosperity and it’s an issue that affect every human being.