Question

50 POINTS!!!!! Do you think our society is wasteful in terms of natural resources? Defend your position by explaining the social and economic factors affecting our use of natural resources. Discuss how we can improve the way that we use natural resources. What are some social or economic factors that will make it difficult to improve the way that we use natural resources?

Answer 1

I believe that our society is wasteful of natural resources.

There are several social and economic factors that influence this situation. In terms of social factors, one important reason for this is the economic  inequality that exists between different countries, as well as between different social groups within a single country. Wealthy countries and wealthy people rely on luxury items that require a high level of resources to be used for their production. Moreover, developed societies in general employ natural resources in massive ways in order to sustain their lifestyle.

Economic factors are also important in this system. In order to sustain our economic system, trade between far away countries has to occur. This requires ships and planes that use natural resources to operate, such as oil. Moreover, our economy depends on constant consumption in order to survive, which also uses a large amount of natural resources.

There are some ways in which we can reduce our use of natural resources. For example, we can try to consume items that were produced locally. We can also reduce our use by not using items such as cars, which rely on non renewable resources to operate.

Some of the social and economic factors that would make it difficult for us to improve the way in which we use natural resources would be the fact that people are reluctant to alter their lifestyle, the fact that our economy depends on constant growth or the fact that not everyone can afford to reduce or replace their use of nonrenewable resources.

Answer 2

We are wasteful in the terms of natural resources. We don't recycle and we through away stuff that can be donated or used again. We can be more careful of what we through away and waste. Instead of throwing it away donate it or recycle it. Some people don't care about the world and it might be hard to get them to do it. If a recycling or donation center or truck won't come or you can't go there.