Modern economic theory does not differentiate between renewable and non-renewable materials, as its approach is to measure everything by means of a money price. Thus, taking various alternative fuels like coal, oil, wood and water-power, the only difference between them recognised by modern economics is relative cost per equivalent unit. The cheapest is automatically the one to be preferred, as to do otherwise would be irrational and uneconomic. From a Buddhist point of view, of course, this will not do since the essential difference between non-renewable fuels like coal and oil on the one hand and renewable sources like wind-power and water-power on the other cannot by simply overlooked .
Non-renewable goods must be used only if their use is indispensable and then only with the greatest care and highest concern for conservation. To use them carelessly or extragantly , is an act of violence and while complete non-violence may not be possible on this Earth. , it is nonetheles a duty of man to aim at the ideal of non-violence in all he does.
Which of the following statements is/are correct ont he basis of information in the above passage ?
(1) Buddhist economists totally prohibit the use of non-renewable sources.
(2) The attitude of modern economists towards natural resources is uneconomic.
(3) Complete non-violence is not possible.
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