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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 |
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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
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