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In Unearthed: The Economic Roots of Our Environmental Crisis, Kenneth M. Sayre argues that the only way to resolve our current environmental crisis is to reduce our energy consumption to a level where the entropy (degraded energy and organization) produced by that consumption no longer exceeds the biosphere's ability to dispose of it. Tangible illustrations of this entropy buildup include global warming, ozone depletion, loss of species diversity, and unmanageable amounts of nonbiodegradable waste.

Degradation of the biosphere is tied directly to human energy use, which has been increasing exponentially since the Industrial Revolution. Energy use, in turn, is directly correlated with economic production. Sayre shows how these three factors are invariably bound together. The unavoidable conclusion is that the only way to resolve our environmental crisis is to reverse the present pattern of growth in the world economy.

Economic growth is motivated by social values. Key among them are the desire for wealth and consumer values including gratification, convenience, and acquisition of goods. Sayre maintains that economic growth can be reversed only by eliminating these social values in favor of others more conducive to environmental health. Eliminating these values will involve major changes in lifestyle within industrial societies generally. Only with such changes in lifestyle, he argues, does human society as we know it have a chance of survival.

Clearly written and thoroughly documented, this book provides a comprehensive overview of our complex environmental predicament.

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Publié par	University of Notre Dame Press
Date de parution	15 octobre 2010
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780268092740
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	4 Mo

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U N E A R T H E D

U N E A R T H E D T H E E C O N O M I C R O O T S O F O U R E N V I R O N M E N T A L C R I S I S

Kénnéh M. Sayré

University of Notre Dame Press• Notre Dame, Indiana

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Contents

Préaçé

PART 1. Entropy and Ecology

. Two aws o Thérmodynamîçs . Enropy and Dîsordér Appéndîx: An ïnormaîon-Théoréîç Méasuré o Ordér în Opéraîng Syséms . îé, Négénropy, and Bîoogîça Féédaçk . Eçosyséms and Top Consumérs . Enropy Trappéd wîhîn hé Bîosphéré . Thé Rîsîng Tîdé o Human Enérgy Usé

PART 2. Economics and Entropy

. Eçonomîç Produçîon and ïs Eçoogîça Conséquénçés 8. Téçhnoogîça Souîons o Eçoogîça Proéms

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9. Répaçîng Fossî Fué wîh Céan Enérgy 0. Hîsory and Théory o Eçonomîç Growh . Why Eçonomîç Growh ïs Consîdéréd a Good Thîng . Eçonomîçs wîhou Conînuîng Growh

PART 3. Ethics and Economics

. Désîré or Wéah în Fréé-Marké Eçonomîés . Envîronména and Ohér Ehîçs . Typoogy o Soçîa Vaués . Eçoogîçay Désruçîvé Vaués . Vaués or Survîva 8. Wha Can Bé Doné? Wha Can Oné Do?

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Preface

0.1 In a Nutshell

Oné çommon méanîng o hé érm “unéarh” îsto dîscoseorto revea.Thé présén sudy îs înéndéd, among ohér purposés, o révéa hé asîç sourçé o our énvîronména çrîsîs. As hé suîé suggéss, hé çrîsîs îs prîmarîy o éçonomîç orîgîn. Anohér çommon méanîng îsto uprootor to eradîcate. A urhér purposé o hé sudy îs o show how, î îs roos çan é éradîçaéd, hé çrîsîs çan é çonaînéd and madé éss urgén. Thîs wî réquîré undaména çhangés în our éçonomîç sysém. A éss çommon sénsé îsto be deprîved of earthy exîstence. Thîs sudy joîns a growîng numér o ohér sudîés în çonçudîng ha hé çrîsîs, î no çonaînéd, wî éad o hé démîsé o human soçîéy as wé know î. Homo sapîensmîgh çonînué o roam hé éarh, u wîhou hé soçîa însîuîons ha maké us uy human. From hé pérspéçîvé o hé îosphéré a argé, human soçîéy has provéd o é a mîxéd éssîng. Gîvén hé résourçés o çoopéraîvé în-quîry, humanîy îs hé ony spéçîés çapaé o undérsandîng hé éarh î înhaîs. And hîs undérsandîng, appîéd humy and wîséy, has gréa poénîa or hé good o ohér çréaurés. Bu humanîy îs aso hé mos désruçîvé spéçîés on éarh. Thé éço-nomîç praçîçés ha havé spawnéd our çurrén çrîsîs aré dué în argé

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