There have been many arguments about “peak oil” and the depletion of metals, but there is one resource that without doubt is limited in supply: land. Unlike most ordinary products, an increase in the price of land doesn’t bring about an incentive to produce any more of it – because there can’t be any more. The Dutch reclaimed land from the sea, but rising sea levels now mean we have less land.
Read the full story on the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/land-use-economics-ecosystem-services
