>>23530785it's a standard definition of the word in this context
scarce resources == finite resources
I'm not sure why you're finding fault with it
yes, first law of thermodynamics etc., but we've used most of easily-accessible hydrocarbons, and the age of cheap oil is nearly over
next we're going to tap the less economically viable wells, and oil will get more expensive, and on and on
but the point is that it's not sustainable
another example: we're running out of phosphates—we've got about 50-100 years left IIRC—after which modern agricultural practices will collapse, and many people will starve (it won't be me, or my family)
yes, those phosphates have been transformed and distributed throughout the environment...but that scientific factoid is wholly irrelevant when we're talking about farming practices and people starving
they won't be usable as fertiliser in the same way
>>23530795they're rendered not usable for the purposes that we need them
that's just what is meant by 'scarcity' in this context
finite oil, finite freshwater, finite surface metals, finite arable land, finite fish stocks, finite dodos
>"the dodos were transformed"so what, anon? they're gone as a resource
