The "biological capacity" is the ability of the natural world to replenish its renewable resources and absorb the resulting waste products and pollution. Exceeding the biological capacity creates an "ecological deficit." Discuss the potential future implications for the earth resulting from the fact that we are currently exceeding the earth's biological capacity by about 50 percent.
What will be an ideal response?
Overuse of a resource will result in its degradation and ultimately its permanent loss. The pollution levels resulting from the use of the resource will overcome the biological capacity to cleanse the earth and societies will suffer from both results.
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