Unit Lesson 46 文本 Saving Our Natural Resources（冀教）.docVIP

Saving Our Natural Resources The problem In 1991 the world’s population was 5.4 billion people and growing exponentially at a rate of 1.8%. This meant that in 1992 there were another 97 million people to feed, house and clothe. Even then one out of every five people went hungry and didn’t have drinking water. More and more our resources are being tapped to the point of exhaustion. Non-renewable resources such as minerals, metals and fossil fuels must be conserved. Perpetually renewable resources such as flowing water as well as solar and wind energy must be used and potentially renewable reso