do u think we can develop our world by harming the nature & creating an imbalance? Plzz add some facts & examples.
122583
we certainly do... some examples?\n\nozone hole http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone_hole\n\noverpopulation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overpopulation\n\ndeforestation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deforestation\n\nand lot more....
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We might be.  True, technologies have enabled the human race to rise above other species.  But at what cost?  Think about how much damage to the environment has been done- people cutting down trees and destroying habitats to make room for factories, for instance.  Or the pollution resulting from all this- manufacturers pumping their waste into our waterways or belching smoke from their chimneys, to name a few.  But, we could use this smartness to our advantage- finding ways of having this technology without the downsides.
606196
i dont know how you can do that but i think it's a great idea. The world fefinitely needs such an effort. If you achieve your goal could you please notify me in some way?
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No, because it is tantamount to an oxymoron to use the words "natural" and technology in the same sentence.\n\nAre there conflicts?  Clearly so when technological advancements get in the way of some natural process.\n\nDoes this mean that the conflicts are natuarally occuring, or even inevitable?  No, it does not when the people applying the technology recognize their impact on nature, and allow for it.\n\nThe simple aeronautical processes of airplanes use the "natural" elements, inherent in the physical properties of the environment: air, gravity, momentum/inertia, etc.\n\nBy the way, it is simply not true that nature would not "pollute" if there were no humans.  Geological forces cause rivers to reverse directions, and seas to dry up.  The Great Salt Lake in Utah, and the Dead Sea in the Middle east are examples of this.  These large bodies of water managed to over salinate themselves to the point where they barely are able to sustain live.  These places have done this quite thoroughly without human intervention.  The Bonnevile salt flats are the eventual result of such processes.  So is Death Valley.\n\nWild bears WILL crap in the woods, and natural lightning strikes will burn forests, leaving ashes to leech lye into Mother Earth.\n\nPollution is as natural a process as breeding.  It is the KIND of pollution and the degree of pollution that is at discussion, here.\n\nThat "randomstu" put it nicely and in a lot fewer words than I.
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I've also heard of studies similar to those you're referring to; I agree 100% w/ you that high population density is a pretty feasible reason for homosexuality and violence, these may well be nature's "control mechanisms" for avoiding LOCAL overpopulation. As far as the whole world being overpopulated, I don't agree w/ you.... food production nowadays, for example, could feed more than 100% of the world's population adequately if equally spread among all human beings; furthermore, global birth rates are rapidly declining, which could actually lead to global UNDERpopulation just a few centuries from now.
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I agree that there is too much of we're the bad guys syndrome going on in America. Compared to most countries outside the western world not only are we more economically well off, but have freedoms the majority of the world only dreams of. I hope that we can once again gain a sense of pride in not only who we are, but what we have achieved. In psychology not only can we project on the world, but also project upon ourselves. Let's try projecting something positive for a change.
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I think it's a bad bad idea. for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction and though man likes to think he can control the action and predict the reaction, i shudder to think what nature could react with if the action is bad enough... That is one can of worms that would be better left alone....
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So, as far as I understand, the question is asking what kind of factors influence the way we use natural resources. Also how changes in our usage of natural resources happen. Advancement in technology over time is a good example as given here because for example we can now recycle many things such as paper or even water and so waste less natural resources in that way. Change in culture or religion could be another one, people from some faiths use as little comfort material as physically possible, they live in harmony with the planet and waste least natural resources. Everything that leads to a change in our lifestyle will indirectly influence/change the way we use natural resources as well. I am listing here technology, culture, religion, social movements (such as the hippie movement in 1960s), political turmoil, war (leads to minimum survival pattern, sparing usage of all resources including natural resources, but at the same time, destruction of natural resources such as forests, clean water by fire and bombs and the like- each of the factors listed here can go both ways like this one I think), economic depression... all these come and go with time and through these and other factors our consumption pattern changes.
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It is very cool that in our modern day world there are still parts of the are is still unexopled with many undiscovred plants and animals. I reminds me alot of Sir Colon Doyle's lost world. This must have how it been when europeans founded the amazon and reported back to europe.  I just hope they keep it nice and not let to many people go into it and explore it. Because if they they will probably destroy it or deminishing it's beauty and that would be a crying shame. I will cross my finger and watch joyfully to new developments.  With bad news around every bend it is good to hear something that will uplift my spirts.
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I don't believe you can.  It would definitely help if the environment was at the forefront of most American's minds so that littering and dumping of chemical wastes would cease and maybe some of the negative effects would eventually dissipate.  But private owned companies are becoming more and more greedy and regulators are not encouraged to watch dog over them so the world is dissipating and we along with it.
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How about the effects of globalization on the developing world?\n\nThe effect of global warming on the Arctic
561117
If you mean on it's axis...no.  We're pretty small. Like ants building ant hills on an Island. BUT.......  We are digging and delving and pulling from the earth many elements and resources that will eventually cause some degree of irreplaceable loss. Whether this will totally upset the planet's inner workings or not can only be told over time. But aren't we seeing some very strange things happening these days?  Maybe it's all cyclical or maybe we are partially to blame.  Why chance it.  Best example is obvious.....stop using fossil fuels.
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I see the environmental issues as an example of how society has allowed technology and advancement, power and greed, to devalue us as a nation, a society, a community, and as individuals.  What happened to good ol values and pride.  Now a days nobody takes the time to even take pride in their own front yard, you just hire someone to do it.  Some people don't realize that the vegetables they buy at the store can actually be grown in their own back yard.  So, if a person doesn't even own a lawn mower, do you think they even care about the environmental issues and challenges we face as a nation today.  People are too busy looking our for themselves out for numero uno.  Remember the "e" in we comes before the "I" of me.  The answer to most of our problems we face as a nation begin with teaching people good values and beliefs, pride in a job well done, and to make decisions based on the knowledge that everything I do will affect someone else at some point and time like a domino affect.  As Mr. Spock put it the needs of the many outweigh the needs of one.  Now that is a good belief to have.  Maybe if more had some beliefs like that, this question would never have existed.
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I tend not to think so because the benefits of many advances are not likely to reach all of humanity, and although I dont consider myself a dooms-dayer the lack of foresight by scientist could create bigger problems than they fix. One example that alarms me is the genetic modification of corn, a wind pollinated crop. Genetic polution from these crops has accidentally spread to ancient and wild varieties of the species, and could threaten the genetic diversity that we will likely need for the future. various projects involving modifications to bacteria and viruses also have me concerned because of potential unforseen consequences.
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it would seem logical that it would.  everyting in nature seems to go in cycles, wouldn't this be the ultimate in recycling?  everything back to where it begun?  it makes sense to me , but sadly not yet backed up by empirical evidence, not yet anyway...
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We can learn that every form of life is created to compliment and supplement the others - and that we must all learn to co-exist on Planet Earth, without unduly upsetting its natural ecological balance...\nThen our Earth itself would indeed become a true Heaven !
297023
Plant a tree. If everyone did that it would add 6 billion trees to the world. You could even plant two trees. ;)