Title: Resource exploitation
Course: Archive > Section: Energy saving

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Consequences of resource exploitation

An increasing global population needs more resources but most resources are limited and exploitation has socioeconomic, environmental and political consequences:

- change in lifestyle

- air pollution

- higher energy prices

- increase in fuel bills

- rainforests are under threat

- international cooperation

- increased carbon emissions

- the Kyoto Protocol

Future energy supplies must deliver enough to power all our lives, without unnecessary damage to the planet. We can't rely on fossil fuels for ever - but different places will need different energy alternatives. By joining the debate we can all help to get power to the people.

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