ENV 201 Midterm quiz review with complete solutions 2023

ENV 201 Midterm quiz review with complete solutions 2023 Which of the following is an example of sustainable development, and why is sustainable development often not practiced? - ANSWER-Logging at or below a rate trees can regrow and replace what was harvested. It enables companies to be profitable over long time-frames, but many companies strive to hit high profits every quarter. How do people in other parts of the world often respond when we criticize their rapid rate of population growth as unsustainable? - ANSWER-They point out that we are guilty of over-consumption, with a single American citizen consuming as much as twenty times as many resources during their lifetime than the average citizen of Africa. What are tradable emissions permits, and why do some environmentalists like them while others dislike them? - ANSWER-One company who reduces the amount of pollution they release to levels below the amount the government allows them to release sells the leftover amount they could have released to a different company that exceeded the amount the government allows them. The first company makes money by selling their leftover amount while it costs the second company more money because they released more pollution than they had been allowed to. Since companies always want to both make money and reduce costs, the second company may be motivated to do better next year. But if not, it means the same total amount of pollution is released and simply shifted from place to place. What is command and control? - ANSWER-Pass laws making it illegal to release pollution, and fine violators. What is meant by the expression "the solution to pollution is dilution", and why is it not true? - ANSWER-Legally disposing of toxic chemicals in a large lake or river lowers its concentration to safe levels. Transfer and increase of the concentration of pollutants occurs up the food chain. If deer are overpopulated, why have we not solved this problem? - ANSWER-There are many opposing points of view on how, and even if, we should reduce the deer population