A student states that natural resources could be saved if people made everything they need in labs. What is the main problem with this idea?(1 point)

Responses

Anything made in a lab requires natural resources to produce it.
Anything made in a lab requires natural resources to produce it.

There are not enough synthetic resources yet to make what people need.
There are not enough synthetic resources yet to make what people need.

The materials made in labs will still pollute the environment and destroy natural resources.
The materials made in labs will still pollute the environment and destroy natural resources.

People might think it is fine to waste a lot of the materials since they just came from a lab.

1 answer

The main problem with the idea that natural resources could be saved if people made everything they need in labs is:

Anything made in a lab requires natural resources to produce it.

This response highlights that lab-produced items still rely on the extraction and consumption of natural resources, which contradicts the intention of saving them.