American Consumers: The Sad Truth

This video was a big news flash for me, the most shocking thing I learned was how many natural resources we are using on a daily basis and even more shocking was how much we throw out in less than six months! Another surprising factor that I learned was that Americans only take up of five percent of the Earth but we use like thirty percent of its natural resources. That is just embarrassing! As the speaker in the video was pointing out some facts, I realized that I was actually guilty of contributing to the problem. There have been times where I actually bought a product for the sake of having the latest edition; my thinking was that the newest edition would be faster and more efficient. Really, it wasn’t all that faster and it was just as efficient. If I learned anything from this video, it would be stop consuming so much and start reusing items until they can be replaced.