Discussion topics: a) Who should have access to a country\'s metals-is the free

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Discussion topics: a) Who should have access to a country's metals-is the free market the best way to decide how metals are distributed? b) What are the implications of finite mineral supplies? How should we address impending shortages? c) How can we replace common materials (e.g., copper or steel)? What are the trade-offs in doing so? d) Take several resources (good ones are oil, coal, iron, and phosphorus) and several countries (US, China, Japan) and ask the class to examine how unequal distribution of these resources might affect the future growth of these three countries. e Discuss examples of superfund sites related to historical mining. Have a discussion of who should bear the costs for cleanup of these contaminated sites

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oil, coal, iron and phosphorus all these are conventional resources, there might be a chance that this will be finished one day and the country who depend on this, that will be affected by the economic growth.

and option(e) should be discussed too because drilling is easy to get profit by exploring mineral an all but after that who will take responsibility to clean up all these because that will bear the cost and no one want to take responsibility without any profit, so the same company should take that responsibility.

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