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Table 1.1 . The weight and value of metal in US cell phones, 2005

Table 2.1 . Arable land by region

Table 2.2 . Arable land: Top-ten countries

Table 2.3 . Water pooled by region

Table 2.4 . Water pooled by country, top ten

Table 2.5 . The amount of water needed to power one US home for one month

Table 3.1 . The top-ten oil fields of the future

Table 3.2 . Sourcing copper globally (percentage)

Table 4.1 . China’s loans for oil and gas since January 2009

Table 5.1 Future global commodity imbalances (for 2020)

Table 8.1 . Fact, not fiction: Chinese labor in Africa

Table 9.1 . The shale gas revolution: The top-twelve hot spots

Table 9.2 . Who is using nuclear energy? The top-fifteen countries

Table 10.1 . Civil wars linked to resource wealth between 1990 and 2000

Table 10.2 . Violent conflicts fueled by exploitation of natural resources