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Depletion of Non-Renewable Resources
The Problem
The Problem
Crossing the equator, the time-travelers remarked other worrying facts. Jungles and rain forests were cut down on a large scale and what was left of the forests seemed to have few of the animal species they had read about still living there. Crossing other regions, they discovered places, where the ground was dug up, elsewhere big lakes almost disappeared and deserts were growing.
Background
Background
People are using resources much faster than the earth can provide. This means that if all the humans on the earth use too many resources and we would need more planets than we have to keep up with the amount of resources every person uses.
One example is fossil fuels, we are using a lot of fossil fuels that take millions of years to make. We believe that our oil will run out in only a few years, around 2088 which is really concerning. At the current rate of consumption, tin, cadmium, lead and zinc will be gone in 40 years, copper, antimony and nickel in about 70 years. Using so many aquatic animals and wild plants is definitely not sustainable either.
Solutions
Solutions
- Use bikes or even buses instead of cars to save fossil fuels
- Switch off your lights and electrical appliances to saves electricity that is formed with fuels
- Don't chop down too many trees trees to save wood and animals
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