Essay About Definition Of A Resource And Natural Resources

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According to Encarta
English Dictionary one
definition of a resource is: â
€œa natural, economic,
political, or military asset
enjoyed by a nation.” Natural resources, material
resources, and human
resources are all different
types of resources. All
resources are dynamic in
nature, with the exception of human knowledge, and
Erich Zimmerman said â
€œknowledge is truly the
mother of all resources.”
The dynamic resources
that humans are indulging upon at this point in time
are not going to be the
same as they are twenty or
maybe even five or ten
years from now. The
change is already being made to cut down our
dependency on oil for gas.
Hybrid cars are produced
to run more on electric
power than gas and soon
they will be completely electric. This is a perfect
example of how resources
are dynamic. Our economy
is on the last stage of the oil
and petroleum game, and
when this game is beat a new game will start. Our
trusty old oil and gas game
will be left on the shelf as
memorabilia for what once
was a resource that
humans could not live without. It is nice to look at
things and be able to say
that knowledge will
overcome the reliance on
the finite resources that
are being depleted. Although, the seriousness
of the issue is, are the
people of the world
changing fast enough.
Americans, as people of
one of the worlds most dominate economic
countries, have the
responsibility to consider
the aspects and
repercussions over
depleting finite natural resources and not making
our natural change with
the help of material and
human resources. Natural resources are
consistently being
depleted, but which
resources is being
exhausted this time. A
large problem with our economy is contentment.
Everyone wants to talk
about how terrible it is to
pay almost $3.00 for a
gallon of gasoline. Why are
these people not going out and buying these hybrid or
at least fuel economic cars?
Why are they still driving
across the parking lot to
get to another class across
campus when they have fifteen minutes to walk
over? This is the product of
contentment, people just
keep watching gas soar
higher and higher, and
they just keep paying more and more for it.
Americans, know better
than anyone the meaning
of the utilitarian principle,
the maximization of human
pleasure. Resources are used, abused and depleted
for this purpose, but a
resource could not be a
resource, if it were used in
this manner. Ingenious
inventions were created to thrive off these resources
in order for humans to live
a comfortable and lavish
life. The knowledge and
technology is here and
must be used to start depending upon other
resources to sustain this
comfort and gain
independence from the
resources that are soon to
be departed. Just as Zimmerman stated, â
€œresources are not, they
become,” humans are
obligated to start this
change when it comes to oil
and gas as well as the many other finite resources that
are vanishing. Material resources are
constantly being
replenished and usually
replaced by something
bigger or better. They are
and always will be a necessary aspect for the
exploitation