By a decision to eat locally grown or locally produced products as much as possible, locavore advocates claim that buying local products consist of fresh seasonal food with a higher nutritional value that leads to a healthier life, reduces pollution that transportation creates, and helps grow the local economy. ... All transportation burns fossil fuels and the gas combustion these fuels give of is contributing to air pollution. Air pollution causes more damage to the world than most people are aware of; transportation is one of the leading factors. ... Local farmer market shoppers are far mor...

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A literary example of this type of society is the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. ... Technology is needed to help people with serious problems like pollution and deadly diseases. ... As a student going through high school and college, access to a computer is highly useful for typing papers and doing research, but using books for research is important too. ... Technology should be improved in areas where it's needed most like: pollution, population issues, curing deadly diseases and illnesses, modes of transportation, etc. ...

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In general people prefer using plastic bags as opposed to other types of bags or methods of carrying is because of their superior function. ... They can also be reused for different purposes such as trash can liners, storing random items, along with the merit of being durable are qualities other types of bags cannot accomplish. ...

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Bottled water is leading a source of plastic pollution in America, even though it is very cheap and provides convenience. The type of plastic bottles used for bottled water may take up to 450 years to decompose. ...

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It has been proven, according to John Robbins' international bestseller, Diet For A New America, that the higher the consumption of animal fat, the higher the incidence of all types of cancers. ... Pigs are subjected to the same type of treatment as well. ... It is ridiculous that as individuals we feel such a sense of obligation when it comes to the preservation of our planet, yet so many of us eat several servings of meat each day, which collectively contributes to extremely high amounts of soil erosion, deforestation, pollution, and water supply depletion. ...

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This is just one example of many that can be stated over and over again by the Wise User's as a fundamental concept that with laws restricting any type of action, whether it be logging, drilling, or grazing, lots of people are loosing out on the opportunity to make money by working in those fields. ... Some of the rhetoric contains arguments that the earth itself has faired very well even though pollution and deforestation occurs naturally. ...

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