Editing Resource depletion (section)

== History of resource depletion ==
The depletion of resources has been an issue since the beginning of the 19th century amidst the [[Industrial Revolution|First Industrial Revolution]]. The extraction of both renewable and non-renewable resources increased drastically, much further than thought possible pre-industrialization, due to the technological advancements and economic development that lead to an increased demand for natural resources.<ref name=":52">{{Cite journal |last=Lotze |first=Heike K. |date=2004 |title=Repetitive history of resource depletion and mismanagement: the need for a shift in perspective |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24867655 |journal=Marine Ecology Progress Series |volume=274 |pages=282–285 |jstor=24867655 |issn=0171-8630 |access-date=2024-03-23 |archive-date=2024-03-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240323022342/https://www.jstor.org/stable/24867655 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=McQuade |first=Joseph |date=2019-04-18 |title=Earth Day: Colonialism's role in the overexploitation of natural resources |url=http://theconversation.com/earth-day-colonialisms-role-in-the-overexploitation-of-natural-resources-113995 |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=The Conversation |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-03-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240323022335/http://theconversation.com/earth-day-colonialisms-role-in-the-overexploitation-of-natural-resources-113995 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Although resource depletion has roots in both colonialism and the Industrial Revolution, it has only been of major concern since the 1970s.<ref>Wood, Lawrence. (2015). The Environmental Impacts of Colonialism. In BSU Honors Program Theses and Projects. Item 119. Available at: <nowiki>http://vc.bridgew.edu/honors_proj/119</nowiki></ref>{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable ([[WP:NOTRS]]).|date=April 2024}} Before this, many people believed in the "myth of inexhaustibility", which also has roots in colonialism.{{Cn|date=April 2024}} This can be explained as the belief that both renewable and non-renewable natural resources cannot be exhausted because there is seemingly an overabundance of these resources. This belief has caused people to not question resource depletion and ecosystem collapse when it occurred, and continues to prompt society to simply find these resources in areas which have not yet been depleted.<ref name=":52" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mawle |first=Angela |date=2010-07-01 |title=Climate change, human health, and unsustainable development |url=https://doi.org/10.1057/jphp.2010.12 |journal=Journal of Public Health Policy |language=en |volume=31 |issue=2 |pages=272–277 |doi=10.1057/jphp.2010.12 |pmid=20535108 |issn=1745-655X |access-date=2024-03-23 |archive-date=2024-04-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422061114/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/jphp.2010.12 |url-status=live }}</ref>