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Chapter 1: The global issue and differing perspectives. 1  Ocean resources include food, transportation, energy sources and a place to dispose of waste. 2  Fishing in the past was sustainable, but modern commercial fishing is not.
F or example, the average American uses 20 times the energy of a Costa Rican and 70 times of a Bangladeshi. The world s richest 1 billion people use 80% of the world s resources. That means that the other five billion plus people use only 20% of the world s resources. Scientists say that there is enough water for everyone. The problem is that the water isn t everywhere where there are people.