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• How do higher incomes affect fuel choices?

  They enable the purchase of cleaner fuels
• What can richer countries invest in regarding cleaner resources?

  Research and development of cleaner technologies
• How do higher income households affect population growth?

  They tend to have fewer children
• What is the impact of fewer children on resource needs?

  It lowers the resources needed for the future
• What is a potential negative effect of economic growth on society?

  Increased inequalities between rich and poor
• Who may benefit the most from economic growth?

  The rich may be the only ones benefiting
• How might the rich affect the living standards of the poor?

  By exploiting the poor
• What is one argument for higher incomes in relation to environmental resources?

  They allow for the purchase of cleaner fuels
• What is a consequence of economic growth on wealth distribution?

  It may increase inequalities