Approval Requirement for the Necessity of Resource Saving

• Published in: Shigen to sozai Vol. 120; no. 3; pp. 139 - 145
• Main Authors: TAKEDA, Kunihiko, HASHIMOTO, Jun, TANAHASHI, Mitsuru
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: The Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan 2004
• Subjects: Environmental Problem; Resource; Resource Depletion; Resource Saving; Sustainability; Sustainable Society
• ISSN: 0916-1740; 1880-6244
• DOI: 10.2473/shigentosozai.120.139

Resource saving is thought to be one of the concepts and the acts necessary for environmental preservation. However, resource saving and its effect were examined and discussed from historical, regional, value and ethical viewpoints. From a historical viewpoint, the conversion from a society that used mainly sustainable resources to a society that uses non-sustainable resources was considered. From a regional viewpoint, Japan as a special region where there are little non-sustainable resources and a lot of consumption was taken up, and the influence of monopoly of worldwide resources by Europe and the United States was considered. In addition, in terms of value, the size of the overall gain of the acquisition of resources between generations was considered, and from an ethical viewpoint, the North-South problem was mainly analyzed. Also, regarding the conversion between resources, as the first approximation, the possibility of converting a general material into energy such as oil was shown, and the examination was advanced based on this. And then, it was pointed out that resource had not been saved in terms of the construction of a sustainable society even in the Edo period when resource had generally been maintained.