On january 12, 2004, hillary mayell wrote an article for national geographic news claiming that developing countries are seeing the spread of consumerism, to the detriment of the environment, health, and happiness. she cited the state of the world 2004 annual report of worldwatch institute: "most of the environmental issues we see today can be linked to consumption," said gary gardner, director of research for worldwatch. "as just one small example, there was a story in the newspaper just the other day saying that 37 percent of species could become extinct due to climate change, which is very directly related to consumption." items recently considered luxuries—televisions, cell phones, computers, air conditioning—are now viewed as necessities. we are a world of consumers.

preston is writing an essay on consumerism. in this draft, how does he explain the effects of consumerism?

this is an outline for the decisions that frankie is going to make

opportunity cost

willingness to buy

price or quality

of course, there could be many economic strategies that should be considered important while making decision. opportunity cost is the foremost significant factor while considering any economic option. when you buy something, you should know how much you are forgoing for this product. indeed, you could buy something different with this measure if you changed your mind. willingness to buy shows how much surplus you are earning while making a decision. it is important because it shows you buy what you want or you buy because you have only limited amount of money. the price or quality can be considered as a general economic option that we are applying while buying something. when you buy something, price or quality could be one of the options. indeed, they define the characteristics of the product.    

mark brainliest!

could you go a bit more in depth with you question? it's quite hard to understand. as soon as you do that i will be glad to : )