Global resources /
Clare Hanrahan, book editor.
- Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2008.
- 233 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Opposing viewpoints series .
- Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered) .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Why consider opposing viewpoints? -- Introduction -- Are global resources overstrained? -- Chapter preface -- depletion of oil reserves is a global problem / Global oil reserves are not near depletion / Food scarcity is a global problem / Food distribution, not scarcity, is a global problem / Water scarcity is a global problem / Water scarcity is not a global problem / What global agricultural policies should be pursued? -- Chapter preface -- Organic agriculture can feed the world / Organic agriculture cannot feed the world / Genetically modified foods should be produced to feed the world / Genetically modified foods are dangerous and unneeded / Fish farming can help feed the world / Fish farming is environmentally destructive / Periodical bibliography -- Matthew Simmons -- Jad Mouawad -- Lester R. Brown -- Roger Thurow Jay Solomon -- Steve Lonergan -- Asit K. Biswas -- Andre Leu -- Ronald Bailey -- African American Environmentalist Association -- Jeffrey Smith -- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations -- Emma Duncan -- ch. 1. 1. The 2. 3. 4. and 5. 6. Periodical bibliography -- ch. 2. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. What alternative energy sources are worth pursuing? -- Chapter preface -- Solar energy can effectively provide electricity / Solar energy is inefficient and impractical / Wind power is affordable and environmentally friendly / Wind power is unreliable and not environmentally friendly / Biofuels can replace gasoline / Biofuels are impractical / Periodical bibliography -- How can the world's resources be preserved? -- Chapter preface -- commitment to sustainable development will help preserve global resources / Sustainable development privileges the few over the many / Nations must share equally the world's resources / Free-trade agreements need to be repealed to preserve global resources / Water must be made a public resource / Periodical bibliography -- For further discussion -- Organizations to contact -- Bibliography of books -- Index. National Renewable Energy Laboratory -- Howard C. Hayden -- Joseph Florence -- Eric Rosenbloom -- Vinod Khosla -- James Jordan James Powell -- James D. Wolfensohn -- Morgan J. Poliquin -- Rajesh Makwana -- Deborah James -- Maude Barlow Tony Clarke -- ch. 3. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. and ch. 4. 1. A 2. 3. 4. 5. and
9780737737431 (hardcover) 0737737433 (hardcover) 9780737737448 (pbk.) 0737737441 (pbk.)
1271447 QBI
2007038577
Natural resources.
HC85 / .G58 2008
333.7 333.7
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Why consider opposing viewpoints? -- Introduction -- Are global resources overstrained? -- Chapter preface -- depletion of oil reserves is a global problem / Global oil reserves are not near depletion / Food scarcity is a global problem / Food distribution, not scarcity, is a global problem / Water scarcity is a global problem / Water scarcity is not a global problem / What global agricultural policies should be pursued? -- Chapter preface -- Organic agriculture can feed the world / Organic agriculture cannot feed the world / Genetically modified foods should be produced to feed the world / Genetically modified foods are dangerous and unneeded / Fish farming can help feed the world / Fish farming is environmentally destructive / Periodical bibliography -- Matthew Simmons -- Jad Mouawad -- Lester R. Brown -- Roger Thurow Jay Solomon -- Steve Lonergan -- Asit K. Biswas -- Andre Leu -- Ronald Bailey -- African American Environmentalist Association -- Jeffrey Smith -- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations -- Emma Duncan -- ch. 1. 1. The 2. 3. 4. and 5. 6. Periodical bibliography -- ch. 2. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. What alternative energy sources are worth pursuing? -- Chapter preface -- Solar energy can effectively provide electricity / Solar energy is inefficient and impractical / Wind power is affordable and environmentally friendly / Wind power is unreliable and not environmentally friendly / Biofuels can replace gasoline / Biofuels are impractical / Periodical bibliography -- How can the world's resources be preserved? -- Chapter preface -- commitment to sustainable development will help preserve global resources / Sustainable development privileges the few over the many / Nations must share equally the world's resources / Free-trade agreements need to be repealed to preserve global resources / Water must be made a public resource / Periodical bibliography -- For further discussion -- Organizations to contact -- Bibliography of books -- Index. National Renewable Energy Laboratory -- Howard C. Hayden -- Joseph Florence -- Eric Rosenbloom -- Vinod Khosla -- James Jordan James Powell -- James D. Wolfensohn -- Morgan J. Poliquin -- Rajesh Makwana -- Deborah James -- Maude Barlow Tony Clarke -- ch. 3. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. and ch. 4. 1. A 2. 3. 4. 5. and
9780737737431 (hardcover) 0737737433 (hardcover) 9780737737448 (pbk.) 0737737441 (pbk.)
1271447 QBI
2007038577
Natural resources.
HC85 / .G58 2008
333.7 333.7