And economics is very interested in scarcity.

And if you look at the species level, you saw about fish.

It is the ultimate scarce resource, the one planet that we share.

It has no vegetation.

Water is a natural resource of vital importance.

And these are not esoteric limits.

And if we have abundant energy, we also have abundant water.

Water is a natural resource of vital importance.

And you hear the words scarce resources a lot when people talk about economics.

Water, forests, and minerals are important natural resources.

Let's conserve our limited water supply.

Let's conserve our limited water resources.

For example, love might not be a scarce resource. You might have an infinite amount of love.

The most important part of Open Source Ecology is this idea that with a small amount of resources and a small amount of money, anybody should be able to create a high standard of living for themselves, and do it in a way that doesn't require a whole lot of time, a whole lot of money.

Where do they get their water? Where do they get their shelter?

A barrel is made of staves, and like water filling a barrel, growth can go no further than the lowest stave, or the most limited essential resource.

He owned the water department?

So, who is next? Us?

It seriously threatens the livelihoods of millions of people, and especially in Africa and China.

An analogue would be the growth of bacteria in a petri dish.

That was one of those turning points where I said, wow what am I doing here?

I think I have a solution for my cousin's problem, so I did it.

It's your resource it's not somebody else's.

Resources.

Water and Power?

Growth of use will consume any energy or resources saved through conservation.

In the news, the subject of where our future water is going to come from and where our power is going to come from is in all the papers all the time.

Now I'm not saying we don't have our set of problems climate crisis, species extinction, water and energy shortage we surely do.

18.Rare diseases

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It's not misguided river engineers who are doing all this it's us.

A depth of 40 meters...

In order to restore the bond, we need to utilize regional resources.

Some... student looking for financial aid.

I want to tell you about another disorder.

They are the happiest place.

So I asked the Minister over dinner,

We're looking at building on some of the most precious resources of Africa people.

If you can't change the meaning, what can you change?

I suppose we'd better take Water and Power first.

Then it was over the water department.

And these are no longer in production, so you have real collector's items.

Japan is not abundant in natural resources.

And that includes our own bodies.

So I'm going to talk about some projects that have explored these ideas.