Is it right to destroy the natural resources for the development of industry & luxurious infrastructure?

Question

Could you get links to different websites for this particular question?You can give in your input as well.

Answer 1

You raise a legitimate ethics question.

When natural resources such as metal ores are used they are not destroyed. Metals can be recycled. Aluminum, for example, is extracted by electrochemistry from bauxite, Al2O3, aluminum oxide ore. Cryolite is added to reduce the melting point to conserve energy. Five percent of the electrical consumption of the USA goes into extracting aluminum from bauxite ore. By recycling we can significantly reduce our consumption of electrical energy.

Most metals can be recycled.

Paper can be recycled and is not lost and wood from trees is a renewable resource, like any crop that is harvested.

Plastics, made from oil, usually can be recycled and are not destroyed or lost.

The only natural resource we consume that cannot be replaced is oil that is converted into gasoline. That is a significant problem that remains to be resolved.

We have only begun to realize the enormous wealth we have in our garbage and in materials that ought to be recycled.

Land fills and garbage dumps could become rich "mines" of the future is they accummulate enough materials.

By doing your own Google search you can get all the links you need for your class project. You do need to do some of your homework, you know? Learn to think and answering questions like these become so much easier. The fact that you had to ask this question indicates you are not doing enough thinking.

Answer 2

I think your question shows your bias. I never saw "luxurious infrastructure." Roads, bridges, airports are all utilitarian.
What good would natural resources be if we did not use them? Oil gets pumped up from 500 feet below the Gulf of Mexico and is used to heat homes and power automobiles.
For the past 75 years, more trees have been planted in the US than have been cut down. That means we are creating a natural resource. Dams have been used for years to hold water, and the water gets used, rather than being allowed to run off to an ocean. The water does not get destroyed. Virtually all of it is recycled.
If you did not destroy any natural resources, how would you live? Picking an apple from a tree and eating it looks like destroying it. Would you kill a deer to use the hide for clothing, then eat the meat, if you wanted to survive? Indians in the US did it all of the time. In my part of the country, deer are so plentiful, they are getting hit by cars every day. Using that natural resource has not destroyed it.
There have been problems in the past, such as coal strip mining. We learn from our mistakes and correct the mistakes. Today, you can play baseball on the top of a reclaimed strip mine and not even know it.

Answer 3

1. You question is worded such that one questions your actual question;
2. Are you really suggesting that natural resources are destroyed or are you just asking about the use of natural resources?
3. If you don't have industry, there is a lot of stuff that we consider necessities have to disappear;
4. I have no idea what you might mean by "luxurious infrastructure".

Answer 4

Here is a thought. If you do not make use of them, then they are not resources are they?

What is not right is to deplete your resources to the point that they can not be renewed (such as clearcutting forests) or polluting water supplies beyond thier usability.

Intelligent and thoughtful use of resources is necessary for progress and growth of our species and society.

Answer 5

no its not at all right to do that.natural resources are also important to us.wat bout other animals?????

Answer 6

That is called evolution.

Answer 7

NO