GEOLOGY 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: United Nations Development Programme, Sustainable Development, Lester Thurow
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World-wide total consumption of resources: 60 * 10^9 tonnes/year. Total mass of sediment transported to the sea: 16 * 10^9 tonnes/year. Humans move 4 times as much as other natural processes. But we can"t produce and use earth materials without generating waste so our waste production has also increased exponentially. Population growth o currently growing by 74 million people per year. Seeding hurricanes with dust may reduce its force. The question: to what end are human engineering, or should human engineer, the. It"s a moral one, not a technical one. The issue, then, is not whether we should begin earth-system engineering, because we have been doing it for a long time, albeit unintentionally. The issue is whether we will assume ethical responsibility, to do ese rationally and responsibility. - allenby. Sustainable development: development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (world.
