In Sachs' bool, "The Age of Sustainable Development", the first chapter talks about sustainable development goals and how we as a species attain such goals. The chapter takes into account that developed countries are more likely to intrepid the use of renewable energies as they have the capital necessary to investigate such sources of new energy. However, the chapter also takes into account the needs of developing economies, most notably India, who garner most of their energy from fossil fuels and don't yet have the necessary capital to invest in renewable energy sources.
Personally, I would define sustainability as having 0 impact on earth, and garnering all of our energy needs from renewable resources such as wind, solar, and hydro power
I personally would love to investigate the energy uses of 2 countries; Norway and Germany.
You bring up some good points! Some countries just don't have the resources to use renewable energy. The economy of the nation needs to be considered with sustainability..
ReplyDeleteZero impact on Earth?! I'm wondering what zero impact means here. The term Anthropocene is now used because our presence is a geologic epoch.
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