So many people on the planet, and so many of them joining the grow or die economic model.
It is not a case of will we use more resources, only who will pay for them and when.
Picking up huge high grade resources with good management and at least a trickle of cashflow, now would take big kahunas, but would be a great investment for my daughter - then again I have been losing money on that theory for nearly 3 years now..