The degradation of water quality in surface and groundwater systems is further exacerbating water scarcity and negatively impacting our natural environment and the ecosystem services and goods that it provides, jeopardizing food security and livelihoods.
And Stalk points out that air freight, thought to save the day for lightweight or high-value goods, is facing its own overload from unbuilt runways and a scarcity of planes.
Where the production of goods and services was so efficient (driven you will recall, by advancing technology) that scarcity simply vanished and all were able to consume what they wanted or needed without regard to the methods of production.