natural resource sustainability theme
The importance of managing natural resources in a manner that safeguards their availability to future generations is explored.
Examples
Mark the merman wondered aloud about what humans would do once they used up all the raw materials that could be obtained from mining the sea floor in "Man from Atlantis IV: The Disappearances" (1977). The feasibility of undersea mining was being researched on account that humans were quickly using up all the materials on the surface.
11 total · 7 major · 4 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Conquest of Space (1955) | major | It was necessary to go to Mars to seek out more natural resources for Earth. |
| movie: Firebird 2015 AD (1981) | major | The US government outlawed the distribution of gasoline to the public ostensibly because of a global fuel shortage. |
| movie: Kronos (1957) | major | The aliens had exhausted the natural resources of their home planet and sent an accumulator device to Earth to take the planet's energy. |
| movie: Mad Max 2 (1981) | major | The film was set in a future where society had collapsed because the oil ran out. |
| movie: Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) | major | The film was set in a future where society had collapsed because the oil ran out. |
| movie: Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) | major | The film was set in a future where society had collapsed because the oil ran out. |
| tos1x05 | major | The Salt Vampires of planet M-113 were on the road to extinction as their planet had run out of salt. |
| futurama6x13 | minor | Robots exhausted the world's petroleum oil supply. |
| movie: Man from Atlantis IV: The Disappearances (1977) | minor | Elizabeth explained that undersea mining operations would have to be developed on account that humans were quickly using up all the materials on the surface. |
| movie: Moon 44 (1990) | minor | It was explained that all natural resources on Earth had been depleted by the year 2038. |