And until Elon Musk gets us to Mars, land is a finite resource.

在埃隆·马斯克把我们带到火星之前，土地是有限的资源。

If we believe it's a finite resource, we act that way, we feel exhausted and need breaks between demanding mental tasks.

如果我们认为这是一种有限的资源，我们就会表现对应的举止：我们感到筋疲力尽，在高要求的脑力活动之间需要休息。

They view people as rational decision-makers who make choices based on the best use of finite resources like limited time or money.

他们认为人们是理性的决策者，可以根据有限的时间或金钱等有限资源的最佳利用效果，做出选择。

Infinite growth with finite resources at whatever the cost.

不惜一切代价以有限资源实现无限增长。

These communities realized they relied on a finite, shared resource.

这些社区意识到他们依赖于有限的共享资源。

Yes, oil is a finite resource, and yes, burning oil harms the environment.

是的，石油是一种有限的资源， 而且是的，燃烧石油会危害环境。

How long can a civilization exist surviving on a finite resource like fossil fuels?

依靠化石燃料等有限资源生存的文明能存在多久？

I fundamentally disagree with the notion that we're anywhere near finite resources.

我根本不同意我们在任何地方都接近有限资源的观点。

Ehrlich believed a growing population would consume such finite resources, and scarcity would drive the prices up.

埃利希认为，不断增长的人口会消耗如此有限的资源，而稀缺性会推高价格。

Since non-renewables like coal, petroleum, nuclear and natural gas are using finite resources, this efficiency is pretty important.

由于煤炭、石油、核能和天然气等不可再生能源使用的资源有限，因此这种效率非常重要。

Firstly, the reading material claims that traditional engines rely on petroleum, which is a finite resource.

首先，阅读材料声称传统发动机依赖石油，而石油是有限的资源。

The top UN official emphasized that it is of utmost importance to safeguard the " health of the planet, including its atmosphere, ecosystems and finite resources."

这位联合国高级官员强调，最重要的是保障“地球的健康，包括其大气层、生态系统和有限的资源”。

But their reasoning was as follows: metals are finite natural resources used in all sorts of manufacturing.

但他们的推理如下：金属是用于各种制造业的有限自然资源。

" Prosperity in a world of finite resources, " as European environment commissioner Janez Potocnik once put it, in the foreword to an Ellen MacArthur Foundation report.

这就是欧洲环境事务专员亚内兹·波多尼克在为艾伦·麦克阿瑟基金会的报告撰写序言时所称的“在有限资源下维持繁荣”。

Some scholars conclude that a government with finite resources should simply stop paying for medical care that sustains life beyond a certain age — say 83 or so.

有些学者总结说，如果政府资金有限，它应该停止支付延缓某一个年龄以上人群寿命的医疗费用——比如 83 岁左右。

To theorise about the historical arrangement of the cars, or the situational needs of the driver is a complex and potentially unending use of finite cognitive resources.

对汽车的历史安排或驾驶员的情境需求进行理论化是对有限认知资源的复杂且可能无休止的使用。

This theory argues that in a world of finite resources, we can’t understand why rich nations are rich without realizing that those riches came at the expense of another country being poor.

该理论认为，在一个资源有限的世界中，我们无法理解为什么富国在没有意识到这些财富是以另一个国家的贫穷为代价的情况下变得富有。

This is because your willpower is a finite resource, and if you use it all on small tasks earlier in the day, you're not gonna have as much left over for that big study session you need to get to.

这是因为你的意志力是一种有限的资源，如果你在一天的早些时候把它都用在一些小任务上，你就没有那么多的时间来完成大的学习任务。

So we want to make sure that they have everything to be as protected as possible to minimize any amount of damage that could take place and it really just helps maintain the long-term safety of these finite resources.

因此，我们希望确保他们拥有尽可能受到保护的一切，以尽量减少可能发生的任何损害，这确实有助于维护这些有限资源的长期安全。

The space kilometers above our heads is like our forests, the ocean's biodiversity and clean air: If we don't treat it as a finite resource, we may wake up one day to find we no longer have it at all.

我们头顶上方的太空公里就像我们的森林、海洋的生物多样性和洁净的空气：如果我们不把它当作一种有限的资源，我们可能有一天醒来会发现我们根本不再拥有它。