The world natural resources are consumed at an ever-increased rate. What are the causes of this situation? What are the solutions?

More and more

resources

of the Earth are consumed by humans.

Although

there will undoubtedly be some negative consequences of

this

trend, governments can take steps to mitigate these potential problems. When the increasingly high level of exploitation of natural

resources

could be ascribed to a number of causes, several remarkable issues can be anticipated. The main issue is the tremendous demand for

resources

in developing

countries

,

such

as China and Brazil. The citizens of these

countries

are becoming increasingly wealthy, and they may now afford a living standard

that is

associated with a higher level of resource consumption.

For example

,

this

is the widespread use of cars among tens of millions of middle-income Chinese nationals, which may have contributed substantially to the burning of oil on a global scale. Another matter could be that the exploitation of

resources

is intense, especially in developing

countries

.

This

could lead the over-dependence on natural

resources

,

such

as fossil fuels. There are a couple of feasible remedies that authorities could adopt to tackle the problems described above. First and foremost, a simple, yet effective solution would be that reduce the demand for

resources

in developing

countries

.

This

can be done by mass-producing energy-efficient products. The second plausible measure that could be a more sustainable solution is to lower the reliance on natural

resources

by taking advantage of alternative sources.

For instance

, wind and tidal power in the Netherlands, nuclear power in Japan and solar power in the United States have all proven their efficiency in energy production.

To sum up

, it can be concluded that there are naturally several matters regarding

this

.

However

, urgent and immediate actions ought to be applied to tackle the aforementioned problems.