Global Resources

by Clare Hanrahan (Editor)

Overview

Editor Clare Hanrahan has compiled several essays that debate four key issues relating to our global resources. Are global resources overstrained? What global agricultural policies should be pursued? What alternative energy sources are worth pursuing? How can the world's resources be preserved? Across four chapters readers will evaluate the divergent viewpoints that debate the answers to these questions. Readers can use critical thinking skills to form their own intelligent opinions. Essay sources include the African American Environmentalist Association, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780737737448
Publisher:	Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Publication date:	12/22/2007
Series:	Opposing Viewpoints Series
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	15 - 17 Years

About the Author

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Table of Contents

Why Consider Opposing Viewpoints?     11
Introduction     14
Are Global Resources Overstrained?
Chapter Preface     20
The Depletion of Oil Reserves Is a Global Problem   Matthew Simmons     22
Global Oil Reserves Are Not Near Depletion   Jad Mouawad     32
Food Scarcity Is a Global Problem   Lester R. Brown     40
Food Distribution, Not Scarcity, Is a Global Problem   Roger Thurow   Jay Solomon     47
Water Scarcity Is a Global Problem   Steve Lonergan     56
Water Scarcity Is Not a Global Problem   Asit K. Biswas     63
Periodical Bibliography     75
What Global Agricultural Policies Should Be Pursued?
Chapter Preface     77
Organic Agriculture Can Feed the World   Andre Leu     79
Organic Agriculture Cannot Feed the World   Ronald Bailey     88
Genetically Modified Foods Should Be Produced to Feed the World$dAfrican American Environmentalist Association     94
Genetically Modified Foods Are Dangerous and Unneeded   Jeffrey Smith     101
Fish Farming Can Help Feed the World$dFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations     108
Fish Farming Is Environmentally Destructive   Emma Duncan     113
Periodical Bibliography     119
What Alternative Energy Sources Are Worth Pursuing?
Chapter Preface     121
Solar Energy Can Effectively Provide Electricity$dNational Renewable Energy Laboratory     123
Solar Energy Is Inefficient and Impractical   Howard C. Hayden     128
Wind Power Is Affordable and Environmentally Friendly   Joseph Florence     136
Wind Power Is Unreliable and Not Environmentally Friendly   Eric Rosenbloom     142
Biofuels Can Replace Gasoline   Vinod Khosla     149
Biofuels Are Impractical   James Jordan   James Powell     156
Periodical Bibliography     161
How Can the World's Resources Be Preserved?
Chapter Preface     163
A Commitment to Sustainable Development Will Help Preserve Global Resources   James D. Wolfensohn     165
Sustainable Development Privileges the Few Over the Many   Morgan J. Poliquin     172
Nations Must Share Equally the World's Resources   Rajesh Makwana     179
Free-Trade Agreements Need to Be Repealed to Preserve Global Resources   Deborah James     190
Water Must Be Made a Public Resource   Maude Barlow   Tony Clarke      198
Periodical Bibliography     208
For Further Discussion     209
Organizations to Contact     213
Bibliography of Books     221
Index     225

Editorial Reviews

Review: Global Resources "This series does a great job presenting diverse opinions on current topics in order to promote critical thinking skills. Student debaters and papers writers will benefit from the helpful way in which the selections are organized and introduced."—KLIATT, March 2008

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