(90 points) Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the late 1700s, writers have warned about the danger that would arise from pollution and from unwise use of raw materials. Given this fact, which statement from the excerpt is most probably false?

A. "And yet, rather curiously, at the same time that there comes that increase in what the average man demands from the resources, he is apt to grow to lose the sense of his dependence upon nature."
B. "He deals in industries that do not bring him in close touch with nature."
C. "He does not realize the demands he is making upon nature."
D. "As peoples become a little less primitive, their industries, although in a rude manner, are extended to resources below the surface; . . ."