Chris asks…
Are there any Natural Hazards or Migration issues in North America currently?
I should be able to; Describe it, locate and describe it, Describe social, environmental and and political impacts as well as make solutions for the method.
The Expert answers:
Natural Hazards: Volcanoes and earthquake faults.
Migration issues: Bison and Caribou have trouble getting across private land.
George asks…
what political/environmental, ethical issues are going on in the UK?
i know about the ozone layer and green house gasses issue (global warming) and about excess packaging that is used in products and therefore creates too much waste and people not recycling enough and about drugs and gang culture but is that alot of a problem in America more than the UK? what other issues are going on in todays society?
teens mugging old people specially in winter and rape and abuse. any others? what do you think? any comments welcome 🙂
The Expert answers:
Ethical?
They are bushed out!
Joseph asks…
Is ignorance our greatest enemy in America?
I think the greatest threat to America has not changed since 1776: ignorance on the part of the general population. When people are not well educated, they’re easy to manipulate — that’s what gives corrupt politicians the leverage they need to control people. When people are not well educated, they support aggressive behavior overseas which deepens the cultural differences that drive terrorism. When people are not well educated, they don’t understand what’s happening with the economy, which makes them sitting ducks for greedy financial institutions. When people are not well educated, they fail to understand environmental issues and become ripe for picking by those who have hidden agendas regarding the environment.
Finally, when people are not well educated, they see poor, uneducated illegal immigrants as potential competitors for their jobs, which increases their fear, hatred, bigotry, and unreasonable attitudes about immigration reform.
So I generalize: our biggest enemy remains, and has always been, ignorance.
The Expert answers:
Education is essential if people are to participate in modern complex democracies, like our own. It doesn’t mean everyone needs a college degree. Libraries are great places to educate yourself… And free!
The reason ignorance is such a poison pill to our republic is when the masses vote without intense study of the issues, without a political philosophy of their own, without the understanding of how the government itself works, they often do more harm than good.
Daniel asks…
Old John Ritter movie that featured an eco-future America riding around on bikes?
John Ritter made this comedy movie (maybe in the early 80s?) about a post-energy crisis America riding around on bicycles, and I think in the opening scene, you see a Volkswagen Beetle car half-buried in the ground and made into a small ‘mobile home’ type of thing…it was a parody on how America would look if they took environmental issues to heart…can anyone remember the name of the movie??? thanks…
The Expert answers:
This is the 1979 movie “Americathon”. I enjoyed this movie and still have it in my collection.
Linda asks…
How has America’s economic prosperity affected consumer waste and pollution?
No one had to tell our grandmothers to “reduce, reuse, and recycle” during the depression, as they did so out of necessity. After the economic boom following WWII the virtue of thrift was lost in an influx of cheap massed produced goods. It seems that during our current recession that people are rethinking their purchases out of either concern for the environment or reduced amount of disposable income. Do you think that environmental issues could be greatly reduced if people changed their spending ?
The Expert answers:
Absolutely yes. Prosperous countries became SIZE QUEENS and KINGS for too many years, by wiping the shelves of alluring stores filled with unnecessary products they can do without. They were cheap w/o thinking if surplus items were necessary and why not charge everything on their credit cards. If they had to pay cash for every item they buy, they wouldn’t pick even 1/3 of merchandise in their cart. So it’s all domino effects, Credit card companies, banking, manufacturers, middleman…All of them fed to one another along with mindless consumers created monstrosity waste byproduct pollution.
Yes, we have been digging our premature graves, these economic downturn had to happen to balance out the Law of Nature.
Now, consumers have spent out, no more borrowed money in advance, and they lost homes, moved in with their parents or apt where they have very little space to place unnecessary goods. Amen.
Our air will be cleaner soon, hopefully :):}
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