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Global Environmental
Challenges
Our planet is facing several challenges,
each of which is significant on its own. Combined, these environmental
challenges could quickly become the Perfect Environmental Storm with
devastating outcomes for the planet. Some of the more severe challenges include:
Exponential population growth continues to put severe pressure
on food and clean water supplies. Exponential
use (depletion) of non-renewable fuels is by definition perilous.
Long before fossil fuels are completely depleted ,we will have dramatically
changed our climate. And while some would like to
completely deplete the earth's uranium, we have still not found a good
solution to the 10,000 year problem of nuclear waste disposal
nor nuclear arms proliferation. My goal is not to dwell on these issues,
but rather to point out that there are
ample reasons to take action today.
For those wanting more information on these challenges, please page down
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* Exponential population growth - Look
at some raw, growing numbers at
* Food and water scarcity - the
best read I've found on this (and more) is Lester Brown's PlanB
2.0 and now
3.0
* Depletion of non-renewable fuels
- When will the joy ride end,
My Exponential Spreadsheet, The End of
Oil
* Global Climate Change - I found Al
Gore's movie and book, An Inconvenient
Truth, to be very straight forward and powerful. The
Sierra Club also has
lots of good information on Global
Warming.
* Nuclear Problems - I find the
Union of Concerned Scientists has good
information of the problems of Nukes. Check out the Global Security
and Nuclear Safety sections of their web site.