Pillar of Sand, written by Sandra Postel, illustrates the crisis that out modern irrigation age is facing. Our society is now one based on consumption. Meaning that the more that you consume the better and more powerful one is. The only problem is that on of our more important resources, water, is not meeting today's needs. There is simply more life on earth than out limited supply can sustain.
Robert T. Malthus is well known for his essay, An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798), which illustrates his theory on overpopulation and the consumption of natural resources. His theory states that population grows at a faster rate that available resources do, and at the current rate of growth in population there will not be enough resources to satisfy the demands, and that by the world population will suffer from widespread famine as well as several other crisis states. Though because of new advances in technology though, the date that he predicted was incorrect, but now, years later we find ourselves in a similar situation that he spoke of. Pillar of Sand clearly illustrates this with the irrigation issues that the world now faces. Freshwater is one of the natural resources that is the most vital to civilization today. We rely on it for many things including producing food, drinking, bathing, and other activities that are often performed on a daily basis. The earth's population is increasing at a rate that far surpasses any other time in the history of man. Because of modern technology we have been able to gain access to sources of water that was previously unattainable. Mankind has been able to use this water to irrigate immense amounts of land that are that of our ancestors could never have possible have imagined. The problem that we now face is that our growing population is growing much faster than our fresh water supplies. The growth of the world population is increasing so fast that we are consuming the water much faster than it is being replenish.
Reading Reaction to Slaughterhouse-Five By Kurt Vonnegut Slaughterhouse-Five sounded like a little above average book in the beginning. I was actually quite pleased that we were required to read it, because I would have probably of not made the right choice and have chosen it. I fou...
She was turned to a pillar of salt. On page 22 it is said about the novel, AThis one is a failure, and had to be, since it was written as a pillar of salt.@ This makes a direct comparison between Billy and Lott=s wife. ... What is being said is that Billy is no better than a pillar of salt, because he is Vonnegut looking back. ...
Muhammad soon began to preach his revelations to the people of Mecca (his teachings were later written down by his followers in the book called the Koran) and introduced the five pillars of faith: 1. ... An example of the five pillars of faith can be seen in Exploring the Sources of World Civilizations in the article about the Hadith and the Sunna. ... Gold, diamonds, and ivory were valuable items for the merchants and the most important to the Africans was salt. Salt was used for cooking and preservation of meats and was used as a monetary source in many countries. ... With the trade rout...
The cliff was carved into statue-like pillars, each one standing over six-hundred feet tall. ... The third pillars in were completely naked. ... They both faced the center and had one hand on the shoulder of the next pillar, which were the farthest in. These pillars weren't men, but Goddesses. ... A tear of salt water glided down his cheek. ...
In the beginning God creates the Earth, the sea, the sky, and all the living creatures that live on this planet, including man, in six days. On the seventh day he rested, and it goes back to saying how man was created, and how from his rib woman was created to be his wife. God tells them that they c...
There are ten generations from Noah to Abraham. He was named Abram when he was born to his father, Terah. Terah had two other sons, Haran and Nahor. Haran is the father of Lot and he died shortly afterward. Abram and Nahor took wives. Abram's wife is Sarai. Terah took Abram, Lot, and Sarai and...
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut appears to be a simplistic story of a man's experiences in World War II. To many people a may be just that. When the plot is looked at closer and the word choice and phrase such as "so it goes" are analyzed it proves to have a much greater meaning and message be...
Without these pillars of support the protagonists would fall. ... Grete, in an act of goodwill and love toward Gregor, "brought him a wide assortment of things, all spread out on old newspaper: old, half-rotten vegetables; bones left over from the evening meal, caked with congealed white sauce; some raisins and almonds; a piece of cheese, which two days before Gregor had declared inedible; a plain slice of bread, a slice of bread and butter, and one with butter and salt" (Kafka 24). ...
Micronutrients are one of the most fundamental components of a healthy and a well-nourished society and must become a central pillar of our efforts. ... Double fortifying salt, a common staple in the Indian diet, with iron and iodine would double the intake of these micronutrients and consequently reduce levels of anemia. ...