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The Scarcity ProblemLearn more about The Scarcity Problem Now!Livestock environmental impact is one of the largest challenges man has to face moving forward into a green economy. Out food source needs to be healthy, sustainable, and not reliant on large petrochemical companies for fertilizer. Below is an informative video on the impact the meat industry is having on the environment. Livestock and The Environment Video Our minerals rights laws are a relic of the Frontier, and nothing but the result of lots of energy politics. The Mining Law of 1872 is an example. In the late 1800s, with the smell of industrial revolution in our nostrils, we wanted more minerals to grow with. We provided that anyone who wanted to mine on public land had only to file a claim at the county courthouse and put in $100 worth of work on the claim each year.
Miners with a valid claim could gain full title to the land for a fee Continue reading Minerals Rights Laws are a Relic of the Frontier The most important problem with renewable resources is that they are on the brink—some have gone over it—of becoming nonrenewable. The amount of usable land, water, and timber decreases rapidly. Land disappears into deserts or under pavement. Every year a million and a quarter acres of rural land, a third of it cultivated cropland, are given over to other uses—chiefly urban expansion. Cities tend to become greedier as they grow; from 1960 to 1970, the land area of urban centers expanded by 40 percent while population grew by 24 percent. At the same time, formerly good rangeland is deteriorating. The Continue reading When Renewable Resources Become Nonrenewable |
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