Metals (level of reserves known as of today):

• Gold: 17 years
• Silver: 13 years
• Platinum: 56 years
• Iron: 79 years
• Nickel: 40 years
• Copper: 31 years

Fossil fuels (level of reserves known as of today):

• Petrol: 42 years with the current pace of consumption
• Natural gas: 64 years with the current pace of consumption
• Coal: 150 years with the current pace of consumption
• Uranium: 32 years with the current pace of consumption

The prices of raw materials are soaring.

Biodiversity:
The current pace of extinction of the species would be from a hundred to a thousand times higher than what it was during the geological period. Biodiversity is decreasing in all categories of the living species.

Soil:
The current rates of erosion are from 100 to 1 000 times higher as compared to the natural rhythm of soil formation.

Food:

• 1/4 of the stock of fish have been overexploited or exhausted.
• The level of hunger in the world is not decreasing. How are we going to feed 9 billion people?

The prices of basic foodstuffs are on a constant rise.
The quality of air has deteriorated
Pollution is widespread
Energy consumption has reached a pea