UGC 112 Quiz: Section 18

• School: University at Buffalo
• Department: Undergraduate College
• Course: UGC 112
• Professor: Claude Welsh

Document Summary

Change of traditional medicine to modern medicine. The problem of depletion in resources due to the increase in population. Overgrazing has led to expansion of deserts and dead land. Consumption of technologies which resources due to new fueled. Overconsumption result of prosperity (cid:862) pi(cid:396)ali(cid:374)g desi(cid:396)e(cid:863): a(cid:374) i(cid:374)sti(cid:374)(cid:272)t that (cid:373)akes people (cid:449)a(cid:374)t (cid:449)hate(cid:396)(cid:448)e(cid:396) is a(cid:448)aila(cid:271)le o(cid:396) envy what others have. // fuel resources: 20th century = electricity and internal combustion engine. Fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas) led to production of energy. Electricity = new long-range communication and managing information: guglielmo marconi transmitted first wireless telegraph across the atlantic. Internal combustion engine drive any contraption (cars/tractors) Cars became available to everyone due to mass production. Pros = anyone had the power to go wherever whenever. Cons = aggressive drivers, ugly roads, fumes, noise. Increase of cars = oil to provide energy: reliance on fossil fuels had two major disadvantages. 1) fossil fuels were a limited resource.