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Efficient Use of Resources
As a definition of resource conservation, we can point out that this mechanism represents the "management of resources (...) so as to eliminate waste or maximize efficiency of use." In this sense, we can point out from the very beginning that one of the paradoxes of economic principles in general is determined by the fact that resources are always limited, while the needs are unlimited.
In this sense, we can argue from the very beginning that, following this definition and others, the conservation of resources is NOT equivalent to non-use (what would be the scope, then, of a strategic resource if not to use it), but an efficient, wise use, a use that will ensure a gradual passing to alternative forms of energy and other resources.
Preservation and lowering the standard of living for future generations are not two issues that would go hand in hand. Indeed, the idea is for civilization to develop alternative sources of energy, sources that would allow a maximization in efficiency of use and energy conceiving, while reducing energy costs and increasing standard of living. We have to accept the idea that, at some point or other, traditional resources, starting with the basic resources of energy, such as oil or gas, will eventually run out. The strategic objective of humanity should necessarily be to avoid that moment, which will eventually come, but to be prepared to face it and react to it when it does come. The fact that we will have oil for an additional 10 years is not the real issue at hand here. The real issue at hand should be to conserve traditional sources in order to have the necessary amount of time to create new sources of energy that will provide future solutions.
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Definition of Conservation. 2001. Copyright SAHRA. On the Internet at http://www.sahra.arizona.edu/programs/water_cons/why/definition.htm.Last retrieved on October 17, 2006
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