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The Ultimate Resource 2 /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Simon, Julian Lincoln, 1932-1998
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1998, 1996.
Edición:Rev. ed. /
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a I. TOWARD OUR BEAUTIFUL RESOURCE FUTURE: The amazing theory of raw-material scarcity -- Why are material-technical resource forecasts so often wrong? -- Can the supply of natural resources, especially energy, really be infinite? Yes! -- The grand theory -- Famine 1995? or 2025? or 1975? -- What are the limits on food production? -- The worldwide food situation now: shortage crises, glut crises, and government -- Are we losing ground? -- Two bogeymen: urban sprawl and soil erosion -- Water, wood, wetlands--and what next? -- When will we run out of oil? Never! -- Today's energy issues -- Nuclear power: tomorrow's greatest energy opportunity -- A dying planet? how the media have scared the public -- The peculiar theory of pollution -- Whither the history of pollution? -- Pollution today: specific trends & issues -- Bad environmental and resource scares -- Will our consumer wastes bury us? -- Should we conserve resources for others' sakes? What kinds of resources need conservation? -- Coercive recycling, forced conservation, and free-market alternatives. 
505 0 |a II. POPULATION GROWTH'S EFFECT UPON OUR RESOURCES AND LIVING STANDARDS: Standing room only? the demographic facts -- What will future population growth be? -- Do humans breed like flies? or like Norwegian rats? -- Population growth and the stock of capital -- Population's effects on technology and productivity -- Economies of scope and education -- Population growth, natural resources, and future generations -- Population growth and land -- Are people an environmental pollution? -- Are humans causing species holocaust? -- A greater population does not damage health, or psychological and social well-being -- The big economic picture: population growth and living standards in MDCs -- LDCs -- III. BEYOND THE DATA: How the comparisons people make affect their beliefs about whether things are getting better or worse -- The rhetoric of population control: does the end justify the means? -- The reasoning behind the rhetoric -- Ultimately, what are your values? -- The key values. 
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