ENVS 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Santa Barbara City College, The Ultimate Resource, The Population Bomb
Document Summary
One reason for the norse success in iceland is sustainable development. In 1968, wrote the population bomb, in which he argued that the human death rate would increase dramatically through the 1970s because of famine, disease, and social unrest. He later stated: if i were a gambler, i would bet even money that england will not exist in the year 2000. In 1981, wrote the ultimate resource, in which he argued that resources are not finite and that there is no resource crisis. As resources become rarer, they become more expensive, which motivates technological improvements to solve resource problems. Previously offered a bet to environmentalists that resource prices will not increase in the long term. Simon invited ehrlich to choose five resources and a date at least one year into the future. He argued that the inflation-adjusted price of those resources would not increase over that period.
