Conservationofnaturalresources Accordingtotheintroductionoftheastronauts,whentheywereroaminginspace,thefirstthingthatleapttotheireyeswasaglitteringglobethatmixedwithblueandwhiteflecks。Earth,themotherofmankindandthecradleoflife,isbeautifulandspectacular。 Butwhenearthcomparestotheboundlessuniverse,itisextremelytiny。Itisonlyaplanetwitharadiusof6,300kilometers。Itisonlythatbig,anditwillnevergrow。 Thenaturalresourcesoneartharelimited。Forinstance,mineralresourcesarenotformedbythemselves。Theyareformedbygeologicalchangeshundredsormillionsofyearsago。Earthisunselfish。Itprovidesnaturalresourcesforhumanityandallkindsoflivingthings。Therearemanynaturalresourcesahumanwillneedinordertostayaliveonearthsuchaswater,plant,biological,andairresources。Thesenaturalresourcescancontinuouslyregenerateandmakegreatcontributionsforhumans。Buttherearestillmanypeoplewhorandomlydestroythem,disregardingtheconsequencesofusingchemicals,whichcausesaseriesofdisasters,andbringingseriousintimidationtothesurvivalofhumans。Onewaywecansaveearthisbyconservingnaturalresources。AsresearcherMalikPierisalwayssaid,Theearthisgettingweakerandweakereverysecondbutnotallofusaredoingourpartstosaveit。Everybodyshouldbeinvolvedinthissituationrightnowbylimitingthenaturalresourcesweareconsumingeachday。Recently,we’reperting40percentofalljunkweusetothrowaway,savingvaluablelandfillspaceandconservingnaturalresources。 Onereasonforthisisnaturalresourcesareessentialtohumansurvival。Manynaturalresourcescannotbemanufacturedthereforewemustlearnhowtousetheminthemostefficientmannerpossible。Inorderforustomakewisedecisionsaboutnaturalresources,itishelpfultounderstandhowsciencecanbeusedtointerpretandimproveourenvironment。 Anotherreasonforconservingnaturalresourcesisthatitwillbeusedwiderinthefuture。OnescientistSuzukiDavidsaid,Thesourcesofresourcesarebeingusedinsmallwaystodaybutshowpromiseofhavingmuchwiderusesinthefuture。Sowemightneedresourcessuchasoilandpetrolformanypurposesandinsteadofusingfossilfuelsforproducingenergyandpollutingenvironment。Somegreenapproachesforproducingelectricitysuchassolarpower,windpower,andrecyclingwastehelppreservenaturalresourcesandourenvironment。 Ontheotherhand,therearestillmanypeoplewhohaveoppositionwithconservingnaturalresources。Manysay,Naturalresourcesareforpeopletouse。Nobodywouldcareaboutwhatisgoingtohappeninthefuture,wejustgoingtocareabouthowwe’relivingrightnow。Butthetruthisthatnaturalresourcesarelimited,ifyouoverconsumethemtoomuch,theywillhavenomore。Willourlivesbebetterifwefaceatrueplanetaryemergency? Thereisonlyoneearth,ifitisbeingdestroyed,wehavenowheretogo。Ifallthenaturalresourcesoneartharedepleted,itwillbeverydifficultforustosupplementfromotherplaces。Inthiscase,therearemanysimplewayswecandotoremainthehealthofearth。Forexample,recyclingstuffthatcanbereused,walkandbikeratherthandrivingcarsifpossible,andturningofflightswhenwearen’tusingthem。Theastronautsalsomadeanexclamationaboutearthwhentheywereinspace,Ourplanetearthistoolovely,whileitistooeasytobedestroyed。