SOCI 265 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Corporatism, Nationstates, 2Degrees
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Soci 265 war, states, and social change. Issues that might affect the whole world, and whether they affect international politics. No, population has come under control everywhere except the middle-east, where female knowledge is very low (literacy). Other parts of the world it is being controlled, normal fertility patterns etc. With more wealth, people have fewer children. We run out of resources, so our industrial engine would end. Fracking means the u. s is now exporting oil. We are not short in resources, we have a lot of oil in the world. This is a catastrophe because if global warming is something that needs to be taken seriously, then the pricing policy would no longer give an advantage to renewable energy sources because the dirty stuff is so extremely cheap. Shortage of food was also put forth as a possible problem. The green revolution in india has been very successful.
