Population, Consumption and Resource Depletion -- Robert Cohen

PRESSURES ON GLOBAL RESOURCES
CAUSED BY INCREASING POPULATION AND CONSUMPTION

THE PROBLEM:

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SOME MITIGATION OPTIONS:

To mitigate the increasing population and consumption pressures on global resources, here are some options:
* hasten the transition from depletable fuels (fossil and fissile) to renewable energy sources
* stabilize population before 2050
* stabilize resource consumption
* distribute existing global resources more equitably
* minimize migration of people from developing countries to industrial countries
* improve the quality of life for all peoples
* moderate consumerism and promote frugality
* slow the rush to free trade and globalization

ENERGY POLICY OPTIONS:
U.S. Energy Policy:
* Drain Arabia First

SOURCES OF RENEWABLE ENERGY:
Ocean Energy:
* Demise of federal R&D on ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC)
* Revitalizing the U.S. ocean energy R&D program

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POPULATION PRESSURES:
An authoritative reference to population pressures and their impacts can be found in the writings of Professor Al Bartlett.
SOURCES OF RENEWABLE ENERGY:
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion:
Some current research activities relating to ocean thermal energy conversion are being conducted at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii.

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