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Environment
Impacts Of Globalization
October 25, 2010
| A version of this story appeared in
Volume 88, Issue 43
I really enjoyed the letter by Emily Machado (C&EN, Sept. 20, page 2). She is so correct that we live in a changing world that is headed for globalization in many important ways. These include climate control, energy usage, and conservation to name but a few.
It is amazing to me that no one (to my knowledge) has addressed perhaps the most fundamental question of all. Namely, Earth can only sustain a standard of living that is equal and just for a limited number (and I have no idea what this is) of human beings. That idea has implications that are so politically incorrect that nobody will address it. But there is a limit, given current technology.
Dennis M. Mulvey
Conroe, Texas
The power is now in your (nitrile gloved) hands
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