CHapter 14 | RESOURCE Issues
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wanted the economy to grow through optimism, but the bigger problem was a lack of children, so the government is trying to encourage people to have more children, then if that doesn't work the economy is going to decline.
Article: http://www.trefis.com/stock/ewj/articles/238588/japan%E2%80%99s-most-valuable-resource-is-vanishing/2014-05-12
Article: http://www.trefis.com/stock/ewj/articles/238588/japan%E2%80%99s-most-valuable-resource-is-vanishing/2014-05-12
I chose this because the US uses a disproportionate amount of resources compared to the rest of the world.
This image helps illustrate the size and quantity of drilling operations. Each of those towers stand hundreds of feet in the air.