The world’s resources are under more pressure than ever before. We are using more energy and creating more waste and more air pollution than ever before. There is a growing world population and more importantly a growing middle class in developing nations such as Brazil, Russia, India, and China. With the increased wealth, there is a desire to have products that more developed nations have: cars, computers, mobile phones, televisions, iPads, etc. More of these products means more pollution, increased greenhouse gases, more resources extracted, and more waste to be disposed of. But the even bigger question is: Where will all of these raw materials to come from? Regardless of how dire you feel things are regarding environmental issues ...
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