Global Resources (Opposing Viewpoints pdf

Global Resources (Opposing Viewpoints

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Global oil reserves are being exhausted / Kenneth S. Deffeyes — Global oil reserves are not being exhausted / Sarah A. Emerson — Global food supplies are becoming scarcer / Lester R. Brown — Global food supplies are not becoming scarcer / Bjorn Lomborg — Rain forest destruction has reached crisis proportions / Peter Bunyard — The extent of rain forest destruction has been exaggerated / Marc Morano and Kent Washburn — Genetically engineered foods should be produced / Economist — Genetically engineered foods should not be produced / Vandana Shiva — Organic farming protects the environment and sustains human life / Jonathan Dimbleby — Organic farming harms the environment and threatens human health / Dennis T. Avery — Livestock agriculture depletes land resources / Ed Ayres — Livestock agriculture is beneficial / National Cattlemen’s Beef Association — The use of solar power should be increased / Martin Bond — Solar power is not a viable energy source / William Booth — The use of nuclear power should be increased / Douglas S.

McGregor — Nuclear power is dangerous and expensive / Karen Charman — The use of wind power should be increased / Birger T. Madsen — Hydrogen will be the energy source of the future / Ty Cashman and Bret Logue — Wave energy is a promising energy source / David Ross — Stabilizing the world’s population growth will protect global resources / Werner Fornos — Population growth does not threaten global resources / Nicholas Eberstadt — Globalized free trade will protect global resources / James M. Sheehan — Globalized free trade can exhaust global resources / Stanley Wood — Sustainable development is necessary to protect global resources / Danja Van Der Veldt — Sustainable development is unnecessary / Jerry Taylor

• Book Topics/Themes: Oil, Nuclear, Global Warming, Climate Change, Resources, Solar, Energy, Agriculture

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