Question

how has technical economic development led to more consumption of resources​

Answer 1

Technical and economic development have led to more consumption of resources in the following ways: It provides equipments which increases production that lead to the consumption of more resources. ... The economic development leads to the rise of the needs of people which results into more consumption of resources.

Answer 2

technical economic development has led to more consumption of resources in the following way:

(i) it provides more sophisticated equipments

(ii) The consumption of resources depends on the needs and aspirations of the people which changes with the development of technology and economic development of the country.

(iii) In developed nations the needs of the people are high and they consume more resources, while in developing nations the needs of the people are less resulting in low consumption of resources.

(iv) For example, In USA mineral consumption is five times more than the world average. With the economic development, the demand for resources increases faster than their population growth.