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1.Who was Thomas Malthus? What theory did he propose?
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2.What do the terms “replacement rate” and the “fertility rate” pertain to? What is their current trend?
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3.What happens to death rates as a country modernizes?
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What was the major prediction in Paul Ehrlich’s book The Population Bomb?
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5.What does “energy economics” deal with?
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6.What has been the trend of per capita energy use in developed countries?
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7.The term “renewable natural resources” and “nonrenewable natural resources” are widely used today. What do each of them mean?
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8.What does the term “conflict diamonds” refer to?
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9.What is an ITQ? What is its purpose?
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10.THE LAST WORD: What is an EPI? How is it computed? How is it used?
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