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The public has been sensitized to the fact that due to the shortage of energy resources, mainly hydrocarbons, energy policy difficulties and the interrelated problems of nuclear energy, nuclear waste disposal and environmental protection, have developed. However, what is realized much less is the fact that mineral resources are also not available in unlimited amounts in some industrial nations, especially near-surface industrial minerals, whose prices are often very sensitive to transport costs. This can be explained only partly by geological conditions, but by limited access to the resources. By setting its goals too high, society risks in many respects the fulfillment of its desires for improving the standard of living.
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Lüttig, G. Oberflächennahe Rohstoffe und Öffentlichkeit. Naturwissenschaften 66, 535–538 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00368806
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00368806