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Underpricing of Natural Resources as a Cause of Environmental Degradation
A key driver of environmental destruction is that goods and technologies reliant on natural resources are often artificially cheap, which encourages their overuse. This underpricing occurs because the market price paid by users fails to incorporate the cost associated with the depletion of the natural environment itself. As a result, the true environmental cost of production is not reflected in the price, leading to excessive consumption and degradation of natural assets.
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