BIO SCI 55 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Exponential Growth, Precautionary Principle, The Bugaboos
8 Nov 2016
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Change of renewals to nonrenewals: bank account analogy, we see the same thing happened all over the world, aquifers in na and africa. Declliene of chesapeake bay oysters and note whats happening in china . Chinas dillema everyones problem: consumption is increasing, while production is decreasing, not so much bc population growth but rather. Inability to see/ appreaciate complexity of problem. Cant keep up with change morallyg orf scientificalliy. No of species to deal with: 3 to 30 millon, or more, 1. 3 million classified. Global warming and the mt pinatubo example. Biologist paul elrich, and the population bomb. Black boxees and non linear systems, and humans. Fear and paranoia: aids, cholesterol, poisons and fruit. Legislation: california standards for lead, air quality, etc. Extinction means forever: what does this mean> Act even in the face of incomplete information: we always have incomplete infromaton, we never have enough", technofixes, not always possible.
