<u>Complete Question:</u>
Which sentence best explains the idea of the tragedy of the commons with respect to human population growth?
A. Each person overuses air, water, land, and food resources.
B. Each birth adds another person to the population.
C. People have more in common than they realize.
D. People cannot help but be guided by the interests of the group.
<u>Answer:</u>
"Each person overuses air, water, land, and food resources" best explains the ideas of the tragedy of the commons with respect to human population growth.
<u>Explanation:</u>
In short, human rationality and collective rationality are at odds with each other and inconsistent within the tragedy of the commons. In the foreground, Hardin characterizes the population problem as a Commons tragedy since the Earth is finite and therefore can not continue to cater the growing human population.
A service must be scarce, rival in use, and non-exclusive for a Commons catastrophe to occur. Alternatives to commons catastrophe include enforcing individual liberties, controlling policy, or creating a collective action system.
