SOC 22000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Mountaintop Removal Mining, Water Pollution, Anthropocene
14 Nov 2016
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Description of social sustainability-maintaining social capital / fostering a society in which social arrangements are not exploitive and that effectively protect rights and liberties regardless of income, race, etc. Effects of climate change on food prices-climate change will increase food prices. Effects on the environment of preparing a site for mining?-water pollution / deforestation / mountaintop removal / tailings and spoil. Estimates of emissions based on assumptions about growth in economy and populations (numerical problem)-(2 ppm year)/(7 b people) 10 b people = (20. Examples of planned obsolescence-fashion, textbooks, cell phones, cars, light bulbs. Firms who maximize profit always minimize the social cost of producing the profit maximizing output level. -false. Free rider problems in pollution?-we prefer that everyone else is polluting less so that we can keep polluting at the same level -> likely to continue to pollute hoping others will pollute less.
