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A student states that natural resources could be saved if people made everything they need in labs. What is the main problem with this idea?(1 point)

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Anything made in the lab requires natural resources to produce it.
Anything made in the lab requires natural resources to produce it.

People might think it is fine to waste a lot of the materials since they just came from a lab.
People might think it is fine to waste a lot of the materials since they just came from a lab.

There are not enough synthetic resources yet to make what people need.
There are not enough synthetic resources yet to make what people need.

The materials made in labs will still pollute the environment and destroy natural resources.

The main problem with this idea is that anything made in the lab still requires natural resources to produce it. The process of creating synthetic materials in a lab still consumes energy and raw materials that ultimately come from natural resources. So, while it may seem like a way to save natural resources, it actually just shifts the resource consumption from one place to another.