In this time of our world when economic, military and political competitions of countries has grown ever fast and the human greed for wealth has lead us to the over consumption of resources, resource depletion has become a major problem. Resource depletion an environmental problem where a resource is consumed faster than it can replace itself. Although resources are either renewable or non-renewable the problem affects both even if the former is harder to affect than the later. Resource depletion is mainly an issue of greed as I see it, to consume what is and not consider the future generation. Resources such as farm land and fossil fuel are really good examples of resource depletion. Farm land and its depletion is a problem long existent before development caused a problem for the resource, even back in time during traditional farming farmers were not as concerned for the conservation of the resource that problems such as deforestation, erosion and the likes affected their lands. Fossil fuel and its depletion is a currently huge global problem, this resource affects all spheres of like (political, economic, social, and cultural), because of its ever rising demand and lack of similar substitute the resource has become a way to economic glory that countries and people have been depleting it with little consideration of the future.

This environmental hazard leads to many long term problems such as pollution, erosion, deforestation, and many more. The impacts of these problems are (if not controlled and prevented) unbearable! Taking one as an example, deforestation, the rise of CO2 gas in the atmosphere, soil erosion, loss of biodiversity are all aftermaths of the problem. This if left to accumulate will lead to unbearable problem of global warming. As my English teacher once told me, a plant that bears the seed of Tebimirs (not sure of the English name, but is used as a sweet in the Middle east, North and East Africa, and also a major part of the Ramadan meal) takes fifty years to grow, and whenever parents in the Middle East consume Tebimir for Ramadan, they plant the seed in the garden, not for next year or for their own consumption but for the future grandchildren they will have! I believe the world should also take this lesson into practice with natural resources as we don?t live just for ourselves but of the future generations as well.