Singh, Chandan Deep - In: Developments in sustainable manufacturing management : …, (pp. 63-91). 2025
Our current rate of resource use is alarmingly unsustainable. From 1950 to 2005 alone, metal production skyrocketed by 6 times, oil consumption by 8, and natural gas consumption by a staggering 14-fold. This raises serious concerns about the availability of resources for future generations....