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By Going on Vacation in the united states rather then leaving the country I save money, I'm more comfortable in states I'm familiar to and more closer to home.

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Choosing to hangout with friends before a final thats coming up I sacrifice time to review and study.

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Im on a road trip, my gas is running low I have to conserve gas until I reach the nearest gas station by driving a little slower and maybe shifting into neutral when going down hill.

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By going to warren tech I give up time at my home school, access and sleep.

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By going home to lunch i give up time with friends gas and time to enjoy my lunch

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By waking up a few minutes early i get to enjoy a cup of coffee before heading to school.

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By waking up a few minutes early i get to enjoy a cup of coffee before heading to school.

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Mae Durham

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I give up time with friends so I can do my homework to pass my classes.

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I only have so much money to spend out of my pay check before its gone and I have to wait until the next one.

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I only have so much money to spend out of my pay check before its gone and I have to wait until the next one.

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Mae Durham

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At my house we are only allowed so much food until after everyone has has some because of how many of us there are. (after everyone gets some we can have seconds)

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If I choose to quit I am giving up consistent income, money for food/gas, and discounts.

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By going to Qdoba for lunch, I'm giving up Chickfila, Chipotle, and other various food places.

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If I choose to go right at a fork in the road, I'm giving up going left right then.

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I am giving up waking up early in the morning and have more time in the day by staying up very late.

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By the end of the night  the battery on my phone is very low, so I have to be sure to use only my calculator when counting down the register and not drain my battery with other unnecessary apps.

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I have to deal with scarcity in terms of time nearly every day, because I work 5 or more days a week almost all from 4 until close. So I have to balance free time between relaxing, hanging with friends and homework.

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By choosing to go out to eat, I give up my time, money, and the gas in my car.

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By deciding to sleep in, I have to give up breakfast in order to arrive to class on time.

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There is a limited amount of seats and seat belts in my car when my friends and I go out during lunch. We can only have a certain number of people in each car, so we have to split into multiple cars.

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By choosing to save money towards getting a new car, I give up the opportunity to fly to California and see my friend that I hardly ever see. Though I gave up buying a plane ticket, I'll now be able to save up for a car.

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By choosing to come in early to school every day during access and my off hour, I give up sleeping in.

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Because of Hurricane Irma, supplies such as bottled water, canned food, and gasoline have been running out due to the high demand for them.

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My phone beeps again. It's another well-meaning friend demanding I leave my small home in Florida with my kids and dog in tow. "Stop being stubborn! Get out now; who cares about your stuff!" they type angrily. Hurricane Irma is coming. She's here.

And I'm not leaving my home in Gainesville, in north-central Florida. I can't.

Already, more than 20 counties have been told by the government to evacuate, and more are being added to the list by the hour. We're looking at one of the largest evacuations in U.S. history. More than 6 million people live in southern Florida. As they all pile into their cars and try to outrun this massive storm, experts are telling those not in storm surge areas, low-lying flood areas or coastal areas to try to stay put. "The majority of Florida will have major hurricane impact and deadly winds. We expect this along the entire east coast and west coast," Scott said at a news conference. "All Floridians should be prepared to evacuate."

But Florida has only two main roads: interstates 95 and 75. They are parking lots, and have been for days. People are sitting in their vehicles, completely stopped on four-lane highways, running out of gas. There are no exits on these roads for scores of miles at a time. Once you get on a Florida highway, you are not getting off. You're stuck. So, my family's choices are: We stay here in our flimsily built house, made of sheet rock and plywood; or we hop on an unmoving highway and risk running out of gas closer to the coast, with only our car for protection.

[Puerto Rico wasn't ready for Hurricane Irma. We couldn't possibly be.]

We would further clog those roads for the people in South Florida who need to get to safety, too. At least I'm inland. Irma is going to blast right over us, but she can't bury us in rising seawater. Miami needs the roads. We'd better stay off them to keep others alive.

In Gainesville, we are nearly out of gas. So is Orlando. So is Florida - half of Miami's gas stations closed. Scott has ordered highway patrols to escort fuel trucks to gas stations as people scurried to refill their empty tanks. Shelves of water have been empty for days. Work and school is canceled at least through Monday. Twelve shelters have opened in my town in preparation.

The last thing we need are demands that we leave. Mandatory evacuation could do more harm than Irma herself. Scott has the best of intentions, but you can't tell millions upon millions of people to evacuate without giving them any real way to do so. Two major highways just won't cut it for that parade of refugees.

[Irma and Harvey should kill any doubt that climate change is real]

Meaningful evacuation would have meant public transport, safe shelters along the way, medical help and facilities throughout, and safe shelter, food, water and sanitary supplies on the other side of it all. For free. Because evacuating is expensive: You need gas and a reliable vehicle. You need good health to make a slow-moving, anxiety-inducing journey with thousands of other people surrounding you at every turn. You need money to buy supplies and emergency equipment, and to miss work. You simply need things we don't normally have. Being prepared is a luxury, and it's not always possible.

Florida has been in a state of emergency since Tuesday, and when the hurricane hits, most of us will still be woefully underprepared. There's nothing to describe the sense of doom as you stare down the barrel of a Category 5 storm knowing you should be tying everything down, boarding everything up and driving far away. And knowing you can't do any of those things. All you can do is sit and wait to see what happens.

I'm moving important papers and bedding to high shelves. I'm taking my patio furniture inside. We're going to sleep in the living room because there's a gnarly old oak tree poised to crash down right on our bed.

[What to tell people to get them to evacuate before a hurricane hits]

But we can't board the windows. We don't have plywood. It's been out of stock since early in the week. I can't box up our stuff. We don't have Tupperware tubs. I managed to find three mini flashlights at a Walgreens. I got the last five small bottles of water at Staples. Everywhere is out of everything.

I'm scrambling right now, trying to figure out how my dog is going to survive, and when I should fill my bathtub. I'm charging every single device we have, planning to go through them one at a time when we lose electricity and can't reach the rest of the world. We are literally trapped.

We need access to sturdy buildings and shelters. We need places to store bedding, blankets and food. We need people and organizations with generators to open up, not after the storm, but now. We need places to keep our animals safe. We need planes flying in and out of here, getting people to safety cheaply.

What Irma makes clear is this: It is not the residents' fault when a storm takes everything they have. It's the country's. We know these storms come, and private citizens only have so much spare cash and time to deal with it. We need comprehensive state and county evacuation plans. We need a preventive plan set into motion before a storm hits to save lives. Sending in the cleanup crew to count the bodies and save the traumatized survivors isn't enough.

It's 85 degrees and sunny in Florida today. And we need help. Now.

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Perspective | We can't leave Florida, but we can't stay either. Help us!

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My phone beeps again. It's another well-meaning friend demanding I leave my small home in Florida with my kids and dog in tow. "Stop being stubborn! Get out now; who cares about your stuff!" they type angrily. Hurricane Irma is coming. She's here. And I'm not leaving my home in Gainesville, in north-central Florida.

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This weekend I had to choose between staying at my tournament and playing in the championship game and going to work on time and as a result I ended up having to call out of work. So I lost money, but we were able to go further in the tournament then any previous team in the history of columbine

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By playing softball and trying to get good grades I give up the amount of hours that I could be working in order to be good at playing softball and getting the grades that I want.

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With the amount of hours that I am able to work at my job due to my busy schedule with softball, the amount of time I can work is scarce and the amount of money I make is scarce.

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With the amount of money my parents give me for gas I have to limit the amount of driving I do to preserve the gas that I get at the beginning of the week.

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My opportunity cost would be giving up sleep to get all my homework done and get good grades

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This weekend I had to choose to spend the entire day on Saturday with my boyfriend for our anniversary or go do a fashion show event at Dillard's to be able to get 20% off all my homecoming attire. By choosing to do the fashion show I was able to save more money, but missed out on more time with my boy.

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This week is homecoming week and there is a volleyball game and a bonfire on Tuesday, but I have to nanny all evening. By choosing to make money I am giving up being at a bonfire, watching my friends in the volleyball game, and hanging out with friends during the week.

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I want to save my money for college and eat healthier so I often choose to go home for lunch. By choosing to do this my opportunity cost is socializing with my friends during the day.

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I had a 19 mile bike race this weekend that I had to compete in and it was 2 1/2 hours away. By choosing to go to the race Saturday afternoon to pre-ride the course and be with my team, as well as ride and cheer others on all day, I have very limited time for homework tonight before I get too tired. Right now, time (and energy) is scarce.

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I was shopping for a dress at the mall today and found three dresses I really like: a black one, a bright blue one, and a navy one. I chose the black one because it was the most flattering.

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I take a while to get ready for school in the morning. To leave myself enough time to get ready, I usually wake up at 5 a.m. so I'm not late to school. My opportunity cost is sacrificing sleep so I can get ready and get to school on time

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On weekdays, I have very limited time after school. I have to divide up my time carefully between extracurricular activities and homework so I leave myself enough time for both.

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By deciding to get to school on time, I am often unable to obey the speed limit. But as a tradeoff, I am able to prevent an unexcused tardy.

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By working throughout the week, I give up the opportunity to hangout with my friends more. My opportunity cost was cutting into my social life.

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I get paid every two weeks, and I am only able to spend what I earn. I have to be cautious of what I spend in order to make my money last. Money for me is scarce.

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When I was shopping at the store I had to decide what kind of apple to buy. By buying the honey crisp apple I gave up granny smith, gala and the yellow ones.

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I tore my meniscus in a soccer game last season and had to get surgery on it to repair so I could still be as active as I would like. Since I lost most of the muscle in my legs because of the shock and lack of exercise my body went through I decided to quit playing soccer. I gave up possibilities of playing in college and the fun that came with soccer.

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Recently I went through a procedure that determined I had celiacs disease. Which now means I am not able to eat gluten for the rest of my life. But sometimes I am tempted to eat something with gluten... it's hard to just change your eating habit like that. My real world example had to do with a slice of cake, cake is so good, how could I pass it up? So while I had that slice of cake in front of me I made my choice to eat it, it was amazing! But my cost was later that night I got super sick and I completely regretted it.

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Many things can be scarce especially land made things. Oil supply capacity is growing at a high speed, according to a 2012 study. Think about it... we get our natural oil from land. Land only has so much oil like it only has so much gold. The more we use the faster it will run out.

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WAS the housing bubble fueled by the belief that the world was running out of land? Almost certainly not; the housing bubble was fueled be speculative mania, and land scarcity was one of many explanations grafted on to the phenomenon by those looking to make or having just made a housing investment. But via Mark Thoma, we see Robert Shiller pursuing this argument:

Many people all over the world seem to have thought that since we are running out of land in a rapidly growing world economy, the prices of houses and apartments should increase at huge rates.

That misunderstanding encouraged people to buy homes for their investment value - and thus was a major cause of the real estate bubbles around the world whose collapse fuelled the current economic crisis...

But we do not really have a land shortage. Every major country ... has abundant land in the form of farms and forests, much of which can be converted someday into urban land. ...There are often regulatory barriers to converting farmland into urban land, but these barriers tend to be thwarted in the long run if economic incentives to ... become sufficiently powerful. It becomes increasingly difficult for governments to keep telling their citizens that they can't have an affordable home because of land restrictions. ...

Many people seem to think that the US experience is not generalisable, because the US has so much land relative to its population. ... But, to the extent that the products of land (food, timber, ethanol) are traded on world markets, the price of any particular kind of land should be roughly the same everywhere. ...

As Mr Thoma says, you disagree with Mr Shiller's forecasts at your peril, but I'm not particularly fond of this explication. It strikes me as fairly un-economic. First point: all land is not created equal. The global economy is lumpy; economic activity concentrates in cities for very good economic reasons. Clumping reduces the time and cost to transmitting goods and people and ideas, for instance. This dynamic is one contributor to differences in home prices. It is more lucrative to be located in Manhattan than it is to be located in Des Moines. To get people to spread out and locate in areas that are less attractive economically, prices in the most desirable places have to increase.

How high? It's not clear, but it's worth pointing out that there is a lot of relatively undeveloped land in close proximity to some of the world's largest and richest cities. Prices might have to get very high indeed to push people away from job centres.

The other troublesome part of Mr Shiller's argument is the lack of acknowledgement of the opportunity costs of land development, which are substantial. Land is set aside for many reasons. Over æsthetic and preservationist concerns, for instance; Americans might one day find themselves developing the Grand Canyon, but presumably land prices elsewhere would have to be very, very high to make this happen. There are environmental concerns. Shifting acreage from forest to urban land has significant consequences at the local and global level-heat island effects, loss of carbon sinks contributing to warming, water run-off issues leading to contamination of drinking water supplies, and so on. For people to be willing to accept these costs, land prices would have be very high. And there are direct economic costs. People in cities have to eat. If you take land set aside for farming or ranching and convert it to land for living and working, then you reduce the supply of food and increase its price.

The point is this: if any increase in land cost quickly and directly undermined itself by incentivising the development of virgin land, then humanity would have long ago oozed across the whole of the habitable surface of earth-cities would not exist. Instead we see that land price increases are often sustainable, because all land is not created equal.

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A common trade off is going out with friends. When I go out for a few hours I'm giving up time to finish a paper, and since I will be spending money I'm giving up those $30 or so I could use for gas, and since I will be out late I will probably miss my morning workout. So by going out for a few hours, I trade-off a lot of other things.

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As Benjamin is famously quoted for "time is money" so depending on how we spend our time we are constantly giving something up, same goes for money, which means that opportunity cost pertains to everyone worldwide.

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Availability to Vaccines in many 3rd world countries is very scarce and limited due to their low access to resources, mainly in Africa and Asia. Worldwide vaccinations prevent 2 million deaths per year, making it a huge factor in health

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By trying to sleep as much as I can before school, I don't eat a very big breakfast, or give myself very much time to get ready

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By using the little free time I have to relax, I don't spend very much time with my friends outside of school.

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I have limited time to hang out with friends, do homework, or relax because I am always so busy playing volleyball.

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By picking to go see 'IT' I give up going to see 'Annebelle', 'Mother!', and 'Spiderman'.

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My opportunity cost is when I go to the gym to swim and workout I give up spending time with my friends.

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http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/31/news/companies/gas-prices-hurricane-harvey/index.html
During Hurricane Harvey there have been plants shutting down totally, or reducing production, therefor the prices have gone up due to the output of production has dropped.

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Trade offs:
By going out to lunch I give up:
-Money
-Gas
-Time and resources to do other activities

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My opportunity cost is when I give up saving my money in order to go out to lunch with my friends.

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http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/cc/vp_gle/3rd/ss/interactive/unit5/scarce/scarcehurricanes/scarce_louisiana3.htm
During natural disasters, such as hurricanes, resources like water and food become scarce because of the ability to get those resources to that area.

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By going to Garbanzo for lunch, I give up a burrito from Qdoba and a bagel from Einsteins and a sandwich from Subway.

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By sleeping in late on silver days, I lose valuable time that I could be using to get help during access.

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On Sundays, I have a limited amount of time to hang out with friends and family before I have to do homework and study.

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By arriving at school on time I lose a lengthy shower, breakfast, and sleep.

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I spend a lot of timing hanging out with friends on my free time when I could be practicing guitar.

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When I get home from school I only have so much time do homework before I have to go to work.

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https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/05/what-america-looked-like-the-1970s-gas-crisis/257837/
Scarcity:
In 1973, gas shortages became scarce in the United States, starting in Oregon, when OPEC placed an oil embargo due to its support of Israel during the Yom Kippur War. After the war, the price of gas increased by 37 percent and the supply became extremely limited. During this time, long lines for gas were common at the gas stations and when theft occurred, the stations began to lock up their pumps. Because of the war, the limited resource for gas became increasingly scarce leaving the people of Oregon without gas.

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Opportunity Costs:
Considering my Trade Off scenario (choosing to do my homework),  the most valuable thing that I gave up is sleep. Sleep is one thing that I don't get enough of everyday, so giving up time to do my homework, I am not getting the energy needed to put in much effort in doing well on my homework assignments.

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Trade Offs:
By choosing to do my homework for my classes, I am giving up:
-time to do other activities
-the rest and sleep that I want after a long day at school
-watching tv shows and movies
-catching up on my social media
-hanging out with my friends

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Opportunity Cost: When I spend time doing homework, I could've been at Tae Kwon Do getting better.

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Scarcity: I went shooting over labor day weekend my family and I went shooting and we could only bring a certain amount of guns and ammo.

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Trade Off:  My trade off is saving money that I earn for car insurance I give up some activities I can do, and go out to lunch.

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In this video, trade offs is defined and several real world examples are given. These trade offs show how we use our time and money and what we particularly decide to use it on. Trade offs are often expressed through opportunity cost. http://study.com/academy/lesson/trade-offs-in-economics-definition-examples.html

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In this video, opportunity cost is defined, and several examples are given including: the choice of picking an apple or an orange and choosing company A or company B. Opportunity cost to choosing one of the choices is given as well as the benefits. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwOYLV-L7pc

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https://www.cnbc.com/2015/07/24/water-scarcity-is-becoming-a-business-problem.html
In 2015, Southern California experienced an awful drought where water became extremely scarce, and the business of selling sod dropped by 50%. During this time, people started pulling grass out of land to conserve water and plant sales dropped by 30%.

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Looking back at my Trade Off, I would most rather go out to lunch with friends than buy gas for my car.

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By buying gas for my car, I'm giving up going out to lunch with friends or buying things that I want.

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http://cr.middlebury.edu/es/altenergylife/70's.htm
In the 1970's the US experienced an oil shortage and energy crisis caused by the Iranian Revolution and other events in the Middle East.

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Scarcity:
Website for some of the information I found: http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2014/02/13/smartphones-with-flappy-bird-sell-for-thousands-on-ebay.html
Back in 2014, the top rated free app for IOS devices was Flappy Bird. When the creator decided to pull the app from the app store, the obsession society had created over Flappy bird caused individuals to spend absurd amounts on phones with the app already installed on it. As noted by Booton, the author of the above mentioned website, "The highest bid for a phone offering "Flappy Bird" most recently sat at $14,900" which is a ridiculous amount of money. So because the availability of Flappy Bird was no longer available to everyone, this caused the limited resources to gain more value as there was still unlimited wants to want to own the app.

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Opportunity Costs:
When reexamining my scenario from the trade off category (deciding to go out to eat for lunch during school) the most valuable thing that I would have to give up is the money. Money is something I must work for, so spending $10.00+ on a meal, then tip, then gas can often times seem like a lot for what I am receiving, and may not seem worth it especially after I consider where that money could have gone.

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Trade Offs:
Deciding whether or not to stay at home for lunch or to go out to eat can be made more easily after weighing the varying trade offs (costs). When I go out to lunch during school, I give up...
-  The gas in my tank for transport
- Money to pay for the meal and possibly the tip
- Energy to leave and want to come back to school afterwards
-The number of people I can go to lunch with as there are a limited amount of seats in my car
- The amount of time I have to eat as we only have 40 minutes for lunch

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Considering my trade off example the opportunity cost for the purchase of CD's is that I lose the ability to fill my car's tank up with gas when I need to.

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A choice that I have to make every now and again is whether or not to purchase new CD's. If I do I expand my choice in music to listen to while driving, the trade off is less money to use on more important things such as food or gas and actually using up my time to find the CD that I want.

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I'm using my time to do this assignment when I could be doing something else, like playing video games or sleeping.

But as a trade-off, I'm getting the assignment done and guaranteeing that I at least get a grade for it. I'm also giving up sleep and a short time with my friends to do so.

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In some second and many third world countries, the governments are short on both income and funding to begin with. These countries can be so poor that it continually affects the population, and they utterly lack a middle class. Well-off families live in compounds and manors on par with American standards, while others live in filthy shacks and makeshift dwellings along the street. As they have no plumbing, they instead dump their waste in the streets.

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Trade Offs:
As people have been informed of the struggles the residence of Houston, TX have been going through because of hurricane Harvey.  Many people from out of state are doing what they can to help out. From all the opportunities people have to choose from,
- The Greater Houston Foundation
- United Way of Greater Houston
- The Center of Disaster Philanthropy
- GoFoundMe
- The Salvation Army
And many other organizations have come together to build some kind of way to help those that have nothing left. As those people who are taking time to help, either by paying money, sending in clothes, or even going out there to help; People are giving up their own time and money. For example my moms work held a volunteering call center for people to call in and donate to those is Houston. As she did this she gave up her working time and sleep because she had to wake up earlier that day. Although she gave up so much she revived happiness because she was being helpful.

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After Hurricane Harvey made landfall and dropped more than 2 feet of rain, thousands of people in Houston and along the Gulf Coast have been displaced. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott activated the entire Texas National Guard.

FEMA Administrator Brock Long estimated Monday that 30,000 people may need shelter, and some 450,000 may qualify for federal flood victim assistance.

As Harvey continues to dump rain on the Gulf Coast and floodwaters rise, many organizations are doing vital work to help save lives and give comfort.

Here's a list of some of the organizations that are undertaking this work and how you can contribute to them.

Of course, NPR isn't endorsing or vouching for any of these groups. It's a good idea to do a bit of research on any charity before you donate to it. One place to start is Charity Navigator.

General Relief

GlobalGiving, which calls itself the largest global crowdfunding community, has a goal of raising $2 million for its Harvey relief fund. Funds will be used first for immediate needs of food, water and shelter and then transition to long-term recovery efforts.

United Way of Greater Houston has launched a relief fund for storm-related needs and recovery. The organization says it already maintains a disaster relief fund but anticipates the needs of Harvey will far exceed those existing resources.

The Center for Disaster Philanthropyhas also launched a Hurricane Harvey relief fund. The organization says its strategy emphasizes "investing well rather than investing quickly, addressing the greatest needs and gaps in funding that may be yet to emerge."

SBP, based in New Orleans, got its start rebuilding in St.Bernard Parish after Hurricane Katrina. The organization provides advisory services to local leaders and nonprofits, and deploys Americorps members to do mucking, gutting, and rebuilding. The organization focuses on using efficient processes to speed recovery.

GoFundMe, the social fundraising site, has created a landing page that gathers the campaigns on its platform related to Harvey.

The Salvation Army says it is providing food and water to first responders and preparing for massive feeding efforts for residents.

Send Relief and Southern Baptist Disaster Relief says its teams began responding before Harvey made landfall and continues on-the-ground relief work.

Samaritan's Purse is accepting donations as well as volunteers for Harvey disaster relief for the coming months.

Medical

Direct Relief is providing funding and emergency health kits to community health centers in Texas. The contents of the health kits are based on the organization's experience in previous hurricanes, and include items such as insulin, asthma inhalers, and anti-hypertensive medication.

The American Kidney Fund has set up a disaster relief fund to help dialysis patients affected by the storm.

In addition to the American Red Cross, local organizations accepting blood donations are Carter BloodCare and the South Texas Blood & Tissue Center.

Shelter

Airbnb has set up an urgent accommodations site, where people can open their homes to evacuees from the storm or find shelter themselves. Service fees are waived through Sept. 25.

Food

A number of food banks will be aiding the affected region. Consider donating money instead of food, as it allows a food bank to use your donation most efficiently.

Here is its list of food banks in Texas likely to be affected by Harvey:

Food Bank of the Golden Crescent (Victoria)
Corpus Christi Food Bank
Southeast Texas Food Bank (Beaumont)

Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley (Pharr)

Brazos Valley Food Bank (Bryan)

Central Texas Food Bank (Austin)

People With Disabilities

Seniors

Noting that many people over age 50 are victims of the storm, AARP Foundation has created a Harvey relief fund. AARP and its foundation will match contributions up to a total of $1.5 million.

Kids

Save the Children is providing relief supplies and services to help children and families in shelters and other victims of Hurricane Harvey.

Animals

The SPCA of Texas is organizing evacuations of pets in Texas (including 123 cats from a shelter in Corpus Christi) and offers resources on pet-friendly housing for evacuees.

American Humane has deployed two 50-foot rescue trucks staffed with voluteers, veterinarians, and first-responders. They're also distributing 100,000 pounds of pet food and assisting with shelter operations in Houston.

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Here's How You Can Help People Affected By Harvey

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After Hurricane Harvey made landfall and dropped more than 2 feet of rain, thousands of people in Houston and along the Gulf Coast have been displaced. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott activated the entire Texas National Guard. FEMA Administrator Brock Long estimated Monday that 30,000 people may need shelter, and some 450,000 may qualify for federal flood victim assistance.

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Scarcity:
http://www.minyanville.com/trading-and-investing/commodities-and-options/articles/commodities-rare-commodities-commodities-becoming-extinct/6/
In the article above scarcity isn't limited to water or clean water, but to commodities we take for granted such as cocoa (chocolate). Production of cocoa is a time consuming process that relies on good weather conditions that are changing such as temperature and amount of rain

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https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/graphic/2012/oct/10/food-security-risk-index-map
In many third world countries, not just water but food as well, is increasingly scarce. Places with limited money and resources obtain and grow less food for the people of their country. Many communities make a living off of selling their crop leaving a minimal amount for themselves and their families. Not having grocery stores at their disposal like in the U.S makes receiving food even more difficult.

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Scarcity:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/water_scarcity.htm
Water scarcity is the lack of having access to water and according to the article there are still 1.2 billion people that lack access to clean drinking water.

Opportunity Cost:
I had the decision of whether or not to take an apprenticeship and work 2 days every week instead of going to school. I chose to take the apprenticeship, but the opportunity cost of taking the job, in my opinion, was giving up sleep in order to make work in the mornings and finish the homework from AP English.

Trade Offs:
Continuing on from the previous example, the entirety of the things I gave up to go to work include:
- Sleep
- Free time
- Being able to play video games
- Spend time with friends
- Have breakfast
- Take a long shower
- Have non-rushed mornings
- Less stress