The other face of Janus - The Disadvantages of Natural Resources

Paula-Daniela Gânga

Working Papers - Programa Recursos Naturales y Desarrollo from Argentine Center of International Studies

Abstract: Transforming the elements of the nature into energy represents the basis of human development. As a civilisation, we owe every thing to this capacity of transformation: our standard of living, the technical achievements, and the intellectual life. So, it is logical to try to keep this standard and to improve it constantly. The improvement has meant an upgrading of the material used to obtain the magical transformation of the natural elements into caloric energy: wood, coal, oil, natural gas, uranium, plutonium.

Keywords: oil; Natural Resources; civilisation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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