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

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.

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

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 student's idea is:

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

This response highlights that even lab-made materials rely on natural resources for their creation, so the concept of completely replacing natural resource use is flawed.