Advances in technology have come with some positive effects on the quality of life but at what cost?

Advances in technology have come with some positive effects on the quality of life but at what cost? These advances require access to huge amounts of resources such as rare minerals. This requires mining, mining requires trucks and machinery, the machinery requires fossil fuels to run and the cost in pollution, and the exploitation of the earth’s resources is huge. The corporations selling you these products are also the ones that pay for the advertising, blaming consumers for polluting the earth.