Comments on: How can economic development and preservation of our environment coexist? http://www.leanmanufacturingsecrets.com/blog/2009/04/06/how-can-economic-development-and-preservation-of-our-environment-coexist/ Increase Your Production While Reducing Your Wastes Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:50:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: destined1one http://www.leanmanufacturingsecrets.com/blog/2009/04/06/how-can-economic-development-and-preservation-of-our-environment-coexist/comment-page-1/#comment-1000 destined1one Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:25:54 +0000 http://www.leanmanufacturingsecrets.com/blog/2009/04/06/how-can-economic-development-and-preservation-of-our-environment-coexist/#comment-1000 It can happen if 1. Science and technology would have to advance a few years and allow us, more efficient and less damaging ways of extracting, cheaper substitutions for, or less expensive recycling of nonrenewable resources. The key is cheaper, efficient, reusable, and less damaging technology. A fusion power source has to be created. 2. People would have to want to save the environment and not let politics, profits, culture, and inconvenience divide them. People would have to be educated with cold hard facts instead of mere theories who's supports change every few years. People would have to work together beyond political boundaries to save the planet as a whole and share tapped resources instead of tapping new ones. 3. Luck beyond imaginable. It may already be too late. It can happen if

1. Science and technology would have to advance a few years and allow us, more efficient and less damaging ways of extracting, cheaper substitutions for, or less expensive recycling of nonrenewable resources. The key is cheaper, efficient, reusable, and less damaging technology. A fusion power source has to be created.

2. People would have to want to save the environment and not let politics, profits, culture, and inconvenience divide them. People would have to be educated with cold hard facts instead of mere theories who’s supports change every few years. People would have to work together beyond political boundaries to save the planet as a whole and share tapped resources instead of tapping new ones.

3. Luck beyond imaginable. It may already be too late.

]]> By: pauler915 http://www.leanmanufacturingsecrets.com/blog/2009/04/06/how-can-economic-development-and-preservation-of-our-environment-coexist/comment-page-1/#comment-999 pauler915 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 03:05:16 +0000 http://www.leanmanufacturingsecrets.com/blog/2009/04/06/how-can-economic-development-and-preservation-of-our-environment-coexist/#comment-999 Economic development doesnt preclude, infact it may very soon require, technological forrays into alternative energy production. A current trend in the commercial sector is that consumers and investors are favoring environmentally friendly corporations. Therefore, by the economic law of supply and demand, those corporations that avoid environmentally deleterious policies, such as relying on crude oil, will prosper, since they are 'supplying' environmental responsibility, for which demand is currently soaring. It is shortsightedly immature of us to not move off crude oil quicker, infact. We underestimate the damage oil does to the health of the worldwide human population, in terms of military repurcussions, adverse health effects, and of course, the environmental consequences. Economic development doesnt preclude, infact it may very soon require, technological forrays into alternative energy production. A current trend in the commercial sector is that consumers and investors are favoring environmentally friendly corporations. Therefore, by the economic law of supply and demand, those corporations that avoid environmentally deleterious policies, such as relying on crude oil, will prosper, since they are ’supplying’ environmental responsibility, for which demand is currently soaring. It is shortsightedly immature of us to not move off crude oil quicker, infact. We underestimate the damage oil does to the health of the worldwide human population, in terms of military repurcussions, adverse health effects, and of course, the environmental consequences.

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