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HUMAN IMPACT ON LITHOSPHERE

RESOURCES
RENEWABLE RESOURCES: A RENEWABLE RESOURCE IS AN ORGANIC NATURAL RESOURCE
WHICH CAN REPLENISH TO OVERCOME USAGE AND CONSUMPTION, EITHER THROUGH
BIOLOGICAL REPRODUCTION OR OTHER NATURALLY RECURRING PROCESSES

HYDROPOWER, GENERATED MAINLY FROM HYDROELECTRIC DAMS, IS A CLEAN,

RENEWABLE, NON-EMITTING SOURCE OF ENERGY THAT PROVIDES LOW-COST
ELECTRICITY AND HELPS REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS
SPECIAL BUOYS, TURBINES, AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES CAN CAPTURE THE POWER OF
WAVES AND TIDES AND CONVERT IT INTO CLEAN, POLLUTION-FREE ELECTRICITY. LIKE
OTHER RENEWABLE RESOURCES, BOTH WAVE AND TIDAL ENERGY ARE VARIABLE IN
NATURE
ONE WIND TURBINE CAN BE SUFFICIENT TO GENERATE ENERGY FOR A HOUSEHOLD.
BECAUSE WIND IS A SOURCE OF ENERGY WHICH IS NON-POLLUTING AND RENEWABLE,
WIND TURBINES CREATE POWER WITHOUT USING FOSSIL FUELS, WITHOUT PRODUCING
GREENHOUSE GASES OR RADIOACTIVE OR TOXIC WASTE.
SOLAR ENERGY IS A RENEWABLE FREE SOURCE OF ENERGYTHAT IS SUSTAINABLE AND TOTALLY INEXHAUSTIBLE,
UNLIKE FOSSIL FUELS THAT ARE FINITE.

NONRENEWABLE RESOURCE IS A RESOURCE OF ECONOMIC VALUE THAT CANNOT BE READILY REPLACED BY NATURAL
MEANS ON A LEVEL EQUAL TO ITS CONSUMPTION.
COAL IS CLASSIFIED AS A NONRENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE BECAUSE IT TAKES MILLIONS OF YEARS TO FORM.
BURNING COAL PRODUCES EMISSIONS THAT ADVERSELY AFFECT THE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN
HEALTH.NATURAL GAS PRODUCES ABOUT 24% OF THE ENERGY USED IN THE UNITED STATES
GAS IS CONVERTED INTO ELECTRIC ENERGY WHEN BURNED IN POWER PLANTS

ENERGY RECYCLING IS THE ENERGY RECOVERY PROCESS OF UTILIZING ENERGY THAT WOULD NORMALLY
UNDERTAKEN AT MANUFACTURING FACILITIES, POWER PLANTS, AND LARGE INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS HOSPITALS AND
UNIVERSITIES, IT SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASES EFFICIENCY, THEREBY REDUCING ENERGY COSTS AND GREENHOUSE GAS
POLLUTION SIMULTANEOUSLY.
THE DEPLETION OF RESERVES OF FOSSIL FUELS- THE SUSTENANCE AND WELFARE OF MANKIND DEPEND UPON THE
EXPLOITATION OF DIFFERENT NATURAL RESOURCES.
ENERGY CONSERVATION REFERS TO REDUCING ENERGY CONSUMPTION THROUGH USING LESS OF AN ENERGY
SERVICE.EVEN THOUGH ENERGY CONSERVATION REDUCES ENERGY SERVICES, IT CAN RESULT IN INCREASED
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, NATIONAL SECURITY, PERSONAL FINANCIAL SECURITY AND HIGHER SAVINGS. IT IS AT THE TOP
OF THE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY HIERARCHY
. IT ALSO LOWERS ENERGY COSTS BY PREVENTING FUTURE RESOURCE DEPLETION
URBAN SPRAWL IS THE EXPANSION AND MIGRATION OF HUMAN POPULATIONS AWAY FROM POPULATED CITIES AND INTO
LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AREAS
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SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF
RESOURCES
THE MANAGEMENT OF OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTY: CONSERVATION AREAS/NATIONAL PARKS
THE CREATION OF NATIONAL PARKS AND CONSERVATION AREAS IS ONE METHOD THAT ENVIRONMENTALISTS AND
GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE WORLD ARE USING IN AN ATTEMPT AT LIVING SUSTAINABLY AND PROTECTING THE
EARTH'S FUTURE.
AREAS AS DESIGNATED BY DETERMINING WHETHER THEY ARE HIGHLY VALUED BY THE SURROUNDING CITIZENS AND IF
THE AREA BEING DISCUSSED PLAYS A LARGE ROLE IN THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL CYCLES
. OLDER NATIONAL PARKS SUCH AS YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK SERVE AS AN OUTLINE AND GUIDELINE FOR OTHER
PARKS AROUND THE WORLD.
THESE OLDER PARKS HELP TO SHOW WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST FOR CONSERVATION AND HOW IT HAS
WORKED OUT AND ALLOWS US TO STEER IN A BETTER DIRECTION.
A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THIS WOULD BE EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK THAT WAS IN EXTREME DANGER OF EXTINCTION IN
THE LATE 80’S.
. THE POLLUTANTS FOUND IN THE RUNOFF FROM FARMS PUT THE ECOSYSTEM OF THE EVERGLADES IN EXTREME
DANGER
CONSERVATION AND THE CREATION OF NATIONAL PARKS IS WHAT THE WORLD WILL BE RELYING ON AND LOOKING TO
AS OUR ENVIRONMENT WORSENS AND THE SIZE OF OUR WORLD'S POPULATION GROWS.
OTHER THAN REDUCING AND REUSE, SOME IDEAS TO REDUCE RESOURCE CONSUMPTION ARE:
DECREASING WASTE AT MINING SITES
INCREASING ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS FOR MINING OPERATIONS
DECREASING SUBSIDIES (GOVERNMENT BREAKS/PAYOUTS) FOR MINING
INCREASING SUBSIDIES FOR REUSE/RECYCLING
MORE EFFICIENT MANUFACTURING PROCESSES
BIO-MIMICRY (COPYING NATURE'S PROCESSES)
RECYCLING WASTE OR ENERGY TO USE IN OTHER PROCESSES (RESOURCE EXCHANGES)