1. Plot the Annual world production of metals against their Price, using mean values from the data sheets at the end of this book. What trend is visible? 2. Prove the statement made in the text that,...

1. Plot the Annual world production of metals against their Price, using mean values from the data sheets at the end of this book. What trend is visible?

2. Prove the statement made in the text that, “at a global growth rate of just 3% per year we will mine, process, and dispose of more ‘stuff’ in the next 25 years than in the entire 300 years since the start of the industrial revolution.”