(par 5.2.1.5.2) Foods with the Largest Environmental Impact
Ranked: The Foods With the Largest Environmental Impact (8/10) https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-foods-with-the-largest-environmental-impact/ By Selin Oğuz October 27, 2023 Graphics/Design: Sam Parker The Environmental Impacts of Food Production Food and agriculture have a significant impact on our planet, particularly in terms of carbon emissions, water withdrawals, and land use. To visualize how different food items contribute to this […]
Nature Knows Best
Nature has developed over millions of epochs to form a balanced system. In a few decades humans have disrupted this dynamic balance. Solving the problem requires an understanding of the basic laws of nature and a return to an ecologically friendly industrial system that will replace our current malfunctioning system which currently simply draws matter and energy from the natural system without purposeful feedback. We yet have to learn how to attain “techno-maturity” – a symbiosis between technology and the ingenuity of Nature.
The Uneasy Equation
Economic development depends on the use of Matter and Energy. According to the Laws of Thermodynamics Energy and Matter are limited. Energy cannot be reused (entropy)and is thus limited and Matter is also limited and cannot be increased. Optimum balance between the two is necessary to optimize economic development in harmony with Nature. Unbalanced use of these resources will lead to disruption of the earth’s ecosystems and unsustainable conditions.