Introduction
From the beginning of our times, the first civilizations discovered in an improvised way that nature greatly facilitated their daily activities, making it their main source of life.
Currently, natural resources continue to be of great use to most people and also have an almost incalculable value, which is why there is some type of over-exploitation and, what is more serious, all kinds of contamination.
In the following essay we will talk about natural resources as well as the problems that exist to date, as a consequence of over exploitation, environmental contamination and possible solutions.
What is a natural resource?
(Luis Fourier) mentions in the book (natural resources) that man uses a large number of biotic and abiotic factors and elements from his work environment, which constitute, by giving them that sense of benefit for man, natural resources.
It is important to mention that each person has their own perception about natural resources and I will explain below that it is a natural resource from my particular point of view.
A natural resource is nothing more than the effective and efficient use of a particular element that is immersed in our environment.
What types of natural resources are there?
Non-renewable natural resources
Longa García mentions in his book (World Economy), They are non-renewable because the use or consumption of a unit implies its destruction and is, therefore, not available for other uses (except recycling) since they cannot be replaced within a foreseeable human term..
Renewables
Michael Parkin defines us in his book (microeconomics) that they are natural resources that are constantly replaced by nature.
Recently, there are technological advances that support us in the optimal use of our resources, and that is where we must be more careful when exploiting these resources.
If we analyze what is happening, we have that there is a high index of environmental contamination, which goes hand in hand with the over-exploitation of precious materials and uncontrolled logging.
This increasingly affects our environment and gives way to climate change because we are ending non-renewable resources, taking into account that these in some way have a high economic value.
What is climate change?
Antonio Baena in his book (competitiveness and climate change) defines climate change as a statistically significant variation of the global state of the climate or its variability over a long period of time.
It is very important to analyze what is being done wrong, since, in recent decades, technological and economic development is playing a devastating role for our environment, a very peculiar question arises, what would happen if we used technology to help our resources? natural? Or rather, we work together in a balanced way.
Technologies and natural resources in action.
One of the most exploited fields at present is the creation of electrical energy based on solar radiation.
Another way is by utilizing air currents.
Perhaps the best known and most popular is the creation of dams, for the use of water currents.
Possible solutions
We have in our hands the care and assurance of our environment, we must work mainly to make the world we want for future generations aware, in the same way inculcate in them the care of our resources. Recycling contributes to reducing pollution and you could recycle something you call garbage ?.
Annexes
- Louise. Fournier Origgi (natural resources) Page (89) Longa García (world economy) Antonio Baena competitiveness and climate changeMichael Parkin (micro economy)
