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Andrei Geim and Konstantin Novoselov won the nobel prize for their researches on graphene. Graphene is a new material that derives from Graphite (the inside of pencils) and it turns out to be the best heat conductor available and to be able to conduct electricity as fast as copper. Its uses are almost infinte and they predict that it might take the place of silicon for faster computers in the future.\nHaving to deal with scarcity people find clever ways to go about with what is available to them, and often by inventing new things, in this case *Graphene*, we can make better use of resources and avoid wastes of other, less efficent, materials.

in my article is vividly shown price control. it is connected to low South African electricity prices

Due to the tariff stablished on the electricity, most manufacturing companies will have to increase the prices of it´s products as a result of having to pay more for the electricity needed, leading to inflation.

A study made by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and HSBC 's Climate Change Center of Excellence in Southeast Asia found out that the largest thermal and hydroelectric powerplants were located in areas greatly suffering from water scarcity. This poses a major problem since these power plants heavily rely on water.

This article gives us an idea of income elasticity with an example of real company Dixon, the electrical goods retailer

A pioneering project to provide 22,000 tenants of social housing schemes with solar panels generating free electricity is in jeopardy.