Exam 22: Technology and The Global Environment

Heather is angered because people only see the cost of fuel at the pump but not the overall cost to the environment of extracting the fuel,transporting the fuel,and storing the fuel.What is she angry about?

In which of the following nations are people most likely to be concerned about environmental dangers?

The price of gasoline in Canada is near $1.23 per litre at the time of this writing.But the social cost,which includes the cost of repairing environmental damage done by burning gas,is perhaps three times higher.This is an example of the slow pace of change,which is why we should not solely rely on market and technological forces to solve environmental problems.

What is the umbrella term used to refer to global warming,industrial and genetic pollution,and the decline of biodiversity?

What is a risk society?

According to the textbook,which of the following has been increasingly influencing technological development throughout the twentieth-century?

What does the increased use of fossil fuels,especially in industry,cause?

Provincial governments give cheques to consumers who trade in their old refrigerators for new ones and see to the safe disposal of their old refrigerators.What are these governments trying to protect with such initiatives?

What do we call the tendency of powerful people to put marginalized people in harm's way?

The use of windmills and solar panels to create clean,efficient,renewable energy demonstrates the successful use of which of the following to deal with environmental problems?

Clearly,as the textbook demonstrates,market forces have assisted in dealing with environmental problems. However,markets alone cannot do it all.Why is this so?

What did Michael Faraday discover?

What has led some scientists and others to see technology as a "monster run amok?" How convincing is their view?

Which scientist is regarded as the creator of the atomic bomb?

Discuss environmental racism in Canada,giving examples.What can be done to solve this problem?

Monsanto,the American-based multinational agricultural biotechnology corporation,has scoured the earth in a quest to patent plants that have been used for centuries by indigenous people as medication and turn them into commercially viable medicines.What does Monsanto call this practice?

What causes acid rain?

In the late 1960s,the river running through the Ojibwa village of Grassy Narrows in Ontario was poisoned for 50 years by mercury pollution from a local pulp mill.What does this example illustrate?

According to the textbook,approximately what percentage of the world's main fish species are in decline today?

How much more does the richest quintile of the world's population earn than the poorest quintile?