READ THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH AND SELECT THE STATEMENT THAT BEST DESCRIBES ITS IMPLICIT MAIN IDEA. HUMAN BEINGS HAVE ALWAYS POLLUTED THEIR ENVIRONMENT, BUT IN THE PAST IT WAS EASIER FOR THEM TO MOVE ON AND LIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE. THEY KNEW THAT GIVEN TIME, THE ENVIRONMENT WOULD TAKE CARE OF POLLUTION THEY LEFT BEHIND AND THEY RELIED ON THE "OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND" PHILOSOPHY. TODAY, AN INCREASING HUMAN POPULATION, WHICH USES AN INCREASING AMOUNT OF ENERGY SOURCES, NO LONGER HAS THE LUXURY TO IGNORE POLLUTION. THE HUMAN POPULATION IS APPROXIMATELY 7 BILLION. OUR OVERALL ENERGY CONSUMPTION HAS GONE UP BY A HUNDREDFOLD FROM 2,000 PER/PERSON/DAY TO 230,000 PER/PERSON/DAY IN MODERN INDUSTRIAL NATIONS LIKE THE UNITED STATES. THIS HIGH ENERGY CONSUMPTION ALLOWS US TO MASS PRODUCE MANY USEFUL AND ECONOMICALLY AFFORDABLE ORGANIC PRODUCTS THAT POLLUTE THE ATMOSPHERE AND GROUNDWATER, DAMAGE FORESTS AND LAKES CAUSING GLOBAL WARMING, AND EVEN DEPLETE THE OZONE LAYER.
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Humans no longer have the luxury to ignore environmental pollution.
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In the given paragraph, the statement that best describes its implicit main idea is-
'Humans no longer have the luxury to ignore environmental pollution.'
This statement suggests the main idea of the given paragraph is an indirect fashion.
The passage throws light upon the fact that human beings have taken nature for granted for a long period of time, but they do not possess the luxury to do so now.
The previous motto that humans relied upon was "Out of sight, Out of mind" which was only valid till a certain population. With the exponential increase in the human population, the amount of energy used also increased which in turn damaged the forests, lakes, groundwater, atmosphere, and ozone depletion beyond measure.
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