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 Originally Posted by 2_Thumbs_Up
The amount of resources in the world are almost endless.
Nothing is almost endless. It's either finite or it's infinite.
Originally Posted by 2_Thumbs_Up
Resources are matter. The amount of matter availible to us is pretty close to endless.
Nothing is close to endless. It's either endless, or it's not.
Originally Posted by 2_Thumbs_Up
The statement "our need for electricity actually doubles every 10 or 12 years" is totally meaningless.
Wrong. Theoretically, one day we will not have enough space on this planet for unlimited toasters.
Originally Posted by 2_Thumbs_Up
these resources doesn't dissappear once we consume them.
If you can provide evidence of mass produced transitional forms of fossil fuels that have been used and then re used, I'll give you some mad props. Add in re-usable electricity once my light bulb has been lit.
Originally Posted by 2_Thumbs_Up
if the amount of resources on the earth isn't infinite the economic value of them are...The economic value of a finite amount of resources grow
How can something that is finite also have infinite value? This is impossible.
If the resource was infinite, it would have no value. This is exactly why things that are finite have value attached to them - because they are finite!
Originally Posted by 2_Thumbs_Up
As long as we have energy (and we will for a few million years at least), we'll be able to continously improve our standard of living.
Show me numerical proof that we will have energy for a few millions years at least, using any one of the major resources: Fossil fuels, coal, lumber, etc. Sunlight yes, but we do not have the mass production available to us yet, and we will not harness the sun to our full potential so long as other resources are more commonly used and widespread.
Secondly, we will only be able to continue to improve our standard of living if one day we have ceased to increase in population.
Originally Posted by 2_Thumbs_Up
To think that we'll run out of resources soon is also completely wrong.
Consider population. One day, the human species will not be able to increase their population size. This is because the surface area of the earth in not infinite. Even if you believe that "resources are almost endless" (oxymoron), surface area is not.
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