Resources - Ms. Preissler

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Resources

• Earth limited resources, many consumers.
• Misuses
• Deplete scarce resources
• Destroy other resources.
• Unequal distribution of resource.
• Globalization drives the competition for
  resources.
• Misuse of resource affects all involved with that
  resource.

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Depletion

• As demand climbs, prices climb, and exploration
  for more resource climbs.
• 5/6th of the worlds energy are from oil, natural
  gas, and coal.
• PROBLEMS????
• Energy business, home, transportation
• Transportation Mainly petroleum based.

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Fossil Fuel

• Finite supply. (Nonrenewable)
• Unevenly distributed
• Proven Reserve
• 1.3 Trillion barrels of oil.
• Used at a rate of 26 billion per year, 50 years
  left with oil.
• Potential Reserve Could increase that amount of
  time.