Difference between revisions of "Fundamental resources/Intro"
From AdCiv
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | [[Image:Earth and sun.jpg|right|120px]] So what have we got to work with? ''' | + | [[Image:Earth and sun.jpg|right|120px]] So what have we got to work with? Mankind's '''fundamental resources''' are [[#Material|material]], [[#Energy|energy]], [[#Human intelligence|intelligence]] and [[#Information|information]]. In reality they are all so massively abundant it is incredible to think that people in this world are still going without basic human necessities. |
In the past a lack of technology could be considered a significant cause of scarcity but that is certainly not a reason today. It is the way that we currently employ our resources that is inefficient and wasteful {{em}} there is no actual fundamental scarcity of material or energy. Current financial mechanisms that create an unnecessary artificial scarcity are one major reason that resources seem restricted, however new emerging ways of co-operating have the potential to fully unlock them.<noinclude>{{refresh|Fundamental resources}}</noinclude> | In the past a lack of technology could be considered a significant cause of scarcity but that is certainly not a reason today. It is the way that we currently employ our resources that is inefficient and wasteful {{em}} there is no actual fundamental scarcity of material or energy. Current financial mechanisms that create an unnecessary artificial scarcity are one major reason that resources seem restricted, however new emerging ways of co-operating have the potential to fully unlock them.<noinclude>{{refresh|Fundamental resources}}</noinclude> | ||
Revision as of 01:13, 20 November 2006
