SOCA02H3 Lecture Notes - Ozone Depletion, Hurricane Sandy, Ozone Layer
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Pick your statistics start with the pessimistic ones: drop in per capital renewable resources. A lot of money has been insured in damage from natural disasters chart doesn"t account for inflation: people are moving into more dangerous areas hurricane zones. Montreal protocol reduction of cfc recognized the hole in the ozone layer. Mortality rate under 5 gone down significantly in lesser countries since the 60s: pakistan, india, bangladesh, china. Food production increase production without increasing cropland by much: green revolution pesticides, fertilizers. Spaceship metaphor we"re a spaceship in the overall scheme of things *** on exam: threats from local to global coal pollution is migrating around the world, planet is finite, interdependence boundaries don"t matter. The planet is a whole life system that is balanced. If we mess with it too much, we"re screwed wipe us out: rivet metaphor. If we keep messing around, eventually we"ll go too far and realize that its too late.
