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Weinberg, Alvin M. – BioScience, 1971
Argues that perfected technology, not neo-Ludite response, is necessary for solution of world food and resource problems. Although energy supply will ultimately limit available food, reactors can supply sufficient power for 15 billion population. (AL)
Descriptors: Depleted Resources, Energy, Environment, Food
Ward, Barbara; Dubos, Rene – 1972
This book examines our environmental problems from a global perspective. The problems are cast into their social, economic and political dimensions. Population, misuse of resources, the impact of technology, unbalanced development, and the world-wide dilemma of urbanization are explored. The authors have sought to report what is known and not…
Descriptors: Depleted Resources, Ecology, Environmental Education, Land Use
Clearing, 1990
Discussed is the idea that the use of fossil fuels could render Earth uninhabitable long before supplies of them are exhausted. Possible solutions to this problem are described and include a revolution in technology, worldwide economic strategies, and a change in the way people think. (KR)
Descriptors: Alternative Energy Sources, Conservation (Environment), Depleted Resources, Ecology
Illinois State Univ., Normal. – 1987
This packet is one of the "Exploration" series of curriculum materials developed for junior high and middle school industrial educators. The Exploration Series is intended to help them provide seventh- and eighth-grade students an opportunity to explore a wide range of industrial situations as well as some of the technologies used in the industry.…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Conservation (Environment), Curriculum Guides, Depleted Resources
Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology, and Government, New York, NY. – 1990
A Task Force created in 1989 was asked to provide the Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology, and Government with a brief statement outlining both functional needs in environment and energy and institutional forms to enhance the government's capability to address the emergent issues. One key need the Task Force has identified is for a greater…
Descriptors: Alternative Energy Sources, Conservation (Environment), Decision Making, Depleted Resources
Norman, Colin – 1978
The infusion of technology into society has created social and environmental problems as well as benefits. Four concerns linked with technology are discussed in this paper: rising unemployment, growing social inequalities, dwindling oil and gas reserves, and potential long-term ecological problems. Indiscriminate transfer of modern labor-saving…
Descriptors: Depleted Resources, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Ecological Factors