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Burning biofuels seems like a great way to exploit carbon-based fuels while approaching net zero
increase in atmospheric carbon until you remember: - ✔✔Even if the biofuel is from a non-
food source, it usually requires fairly intensive care to optimize production.
Growing biomass for fuel implicates Nitrogen in fertilizer use (which comes through an energy
intensive process).
Phosphorus is used in fertilizers and must be mined.
The polarization in public debate over topics like climate change helps to clarify the arguments and
establish clear "sides". - ✔✔False
Despite the fact that humans are responsible for mobilizing under 10% of the carbon on earth
(compared to 90% of the iron!), it is vital to remember that: - ✔✔Almost all of the human-
mobilized portion ends up in the atmosphere.
The _______ world was responsible for the most global trading about 1000 years ago. - ✔✔Islamic
The nation-state is a technology which evolved to: - ✔✔Become the primary source of authority
in global affairs
Manage the complexity of merged people groups as a unit
Ensure recognition of sovereignty within artificial geo-political borders
The acronym, NGO, stands for: - ✔✔Non-Governmental Organization
,Fundamentalisms (of all kinds including environmental, economic, religious, etc.) generally arise
in response to: - ✔✔increasing rates of change and increasing complexity in the world
Since its inception, the dominance of the nation-state in world affairs has been obvious, but lately
absolute nation-state control has been diluted by the rise of - ✔✔Numerous NGOs, trans- and
multi-national corporations, and (presumably) non-political global bodies like the UN
Recent nation-state employment of private military companies makes us all more aware of the
tragedies of war. - ✔✔False
Information technology changes faster than: - ✔✔Ethical structures
Culture
Law
Now that the internet is established, the information growth in the world is slowing down - ✔✔False
Important trend(s) associated with technological evolution are: - ✔✔Continuing substitution
of physical labor with information technology systems
Evolution towards increasing systems connectivity, and thus increasing system scale and scope
Evolution towards greater complexity
The term technology includes: - ✔✔institutional frameworks
Information systems
Artifacts, machines, and physical products
The logistic growth (S) curve: - ✔✔shows slow(ish) development of technology followed by rapid
uptake and then market saturation
shows the population trend of flour beetles in a bag of flour
The Environmental Master Equation includes all of the following terms except: - ✔✔Percent of
resource emitted into the atmosphere
, The term "Environmental impact per unit of resource use" in the Environmental Master Equation is most
significantly affected by: - ✔✔Technology
In the environmental master equation:Environmental impact = (population) X (resource use per
unit population) X (environmental impact per unit of resource use)
which of the three parameters can we reasonably control? - ✔✔(environmental impact per unit
of resource use)
Which of these has the greatest impact on birthrates? - ✔✔Education level of women
Sustainable chemistry takes into account which of the following factors? - ✔✔Economic
Environmental
Social
Green chemistry takes into account which of the following factors: - ✔✔Environmental
Urbanization is rapidly ________ worldwide, where most of the change is occurring in the ________
world. - ✔✔Increasing, Developing
Mass-migration to urban centers in developing countries tends to simplify the political, social,
economic, and engineering challenges. - ✔✔False
In general, history has shown that as a country develops, the services sector ______ and the agriculture
sector ______. - ✔✔Grows, Shrinks
Robots, automation, and AI expert systems are only a concern for low-skilled labor jobs - ✔✔False
Social equity is a difficult goal for sustainability because - ✔✔it is defined dramatically differently
in different worldviews
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