Food grains produced with modern, high-yield methods now contain between four and ten calories of fossil fuel for every calorie of solar energy. ... The dependence of industrial agriculture on fossil fuels, the declining fertility of the land, and the positive feedback imposed by declining resource quality will force the economy to divert much more investment into agriculture and energy sectors." Hansen predicts that after our current period of peak in oil production, we will quickly find ourselves short of the fossil fuels necessary for modern agriculture's and the sustainability of cu...

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My Guardian Spirit I have chosen the dog as my guardian spirit. Dogs and humans have always had a significant connection. They symbolize loyalty, reliability, friendship, guidance, assistance, intelligence, forgiveness and a general love of life. I admire all of the qualities that dogs possess. I ha...

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Environmental change is occurring each and every day including such things as the loss of bushland, disappearance of species, breakdown in the ozone layer, wastage of fossil fuels and salination, which are all serious issues of our community. ...

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Before humans started burning fossil fuels, the earth was at a steady pace with temperature. ... As stated before, humans burning fossil fuels is the cause of global warming because of a process known as the Greenhouse Effect. ...

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Have you ever thought about how your children's and grandchildren's life will be in the future? Is it peaceful, rightful, healthy, sophisticated, and joyful? In our daily life we do a lot of activities as a part of our living; we work to earn money, go to schools to improve our education, consume na...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Unfortunately, both CO2 and N results from human activities such as the combustion of fossil fuels in vehicles, power plants, industries Together they alter climates to extremes, contribute to the formation of acid rain, attributes to soil infertility, as well as producing low level photochemical smog; affecting the Earth's ecosystems respectively. ...

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• Grade Level: Graduate

With the advancement of technology, humans have exploited the natural world in terms of reclamation of land from the sea for infrastructural development, deforestation of the "earths green lungs", and alteration of landscape for mining and increased consumption of fossil fuels. ...

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With the advancement of technology, humans have exploited the natural world in terms of reclamation of land from the sea for infrastructural development, deforestation of the "earths green lungs", and alteration of landscape for mining and increased consumption of fossil fuels. ...

• Word Count: 2097
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate