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how our economic behavior ruins complex environmental system
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stock of natural assets yield valuable goods
we have made these marketable goods-->liquidate stocks, cannot rebuild themselves |
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non-equillibriate state
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continuous dissipation of available energy and material (essergy)
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problems with trade
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displace our populations environmental load onto distant region
natfta: cheap exports, no need to buy local therefore deplete natural resource elsewhere |
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negative effects of technology
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have just made us more consumptive
make energy cheaper-therefore use more- therefore reduce carrying capacity |
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example of sustainable environment: Canada
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deal with fossil fuel problem: estimaate average of carbon sink forsted that can handle CO2 emissions
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cant make all countries developed
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would need 2 more planets to do this
wealthy countries consume 3X what earth can sustain technology and trade wont help because just make the rich richer and blind to overconsumptiveness |
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solution:
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eco tax reform
help resource conservation take local resources: more localized search for more energy efficient stuff incentives for fair trade |
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positives with technology
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people live longer-healthcare
wealthy countries can afford research for environment make land way more efficient without technology we wouldq have exceeded our CC by 1/3 |
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load
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per capita consumption
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