英语翻译
PeopleTrytoControlResourcesPeoplehavemorecontrolovertheirsurroundingsthananyotherspeciesonEarth.Withthecombinationofintelligenceandmanualskill(allowingustomakeandusetools),peoplehavefoundwaystouseplantandanimalresources,mineralores,fuels,andmanyotherofEarth'smaterialsandresources.
AsthenumberofpeopleonEarthincreases,itbecomesincreasinglydifficultforthepopulationtosurviveontheresourcesoftheland.Theamountoflandislimited.Althoughagriculturalproductioncanbeincreasedbyuseofmachinerysuchastractorsandtheadditionoffertilizer,thelandultimatelycanproduceonlysomuchfoodandnomore.Asthehumanpopulationgrows,peopleconsumemore.
Clearly,somelocationsonEarthalreadyhavetoomanypeople;inmanyoftheseareas,futureincreaseswillsurelybringaboutmorepovertyandsuffering.Yetpeopleinrichnationsuseproportionallyfarmoreoftheavailableresourcesthanpeopleinpoorernations.Astheyconsumetheseresourceswithoutrestraint,theyalsowastelargeamountsofthem.