SUS1501 PORTFOLIO ASSIGNMENT 9 OCTOBER 2022 SOLUTIONS

SUS1501 PORTFOLIO ASSIGNMENT 9 OCTOBER 2022 SOLUTIONS SUSTAINABILITY AND GREED 1. “The assets of the three richest people in the world match the combined annual GDP’s of the 48 poorest countries.” My personal opinion on this statement is most closely described by: a. Good for them – they worked hard to get their wealth b. The only problem I have with this is that this money is in their bank account and not in mine c. No problem with this – many of these people give huge amounts to charities d. I think that it is morally wrong for anyone to have that much money e. I think that active steps should be taken to correct such immoral wealth imbalances Choice now: A Choice in assignment 1: A 2. “Unless fossil-fuel use slows dramatically, the earth’s average temperature could rise by six degrees Celsius in the next 100 years.” My personal opinion on this statement is most closely described by: a. Who cares? b. I don’t believe this climate change nonsense c. Six degrees will make winters much more bearable to me personally d. I’m a bit concerned about this, but there is nothing that I can do about it e. I’m a bit concerned about this, but why should I invest my personal time, effort or money in solving a general social problem. f. I think that individually we can and should strive to solve this problem for the greater good Choice now: F Choice in assignment 1: F Notes: Utilitarianism - a philosophical approach I tend to side with very often when it comes to matters of the survival of the human race. I now have fresh eyes and knowledge to explain my answer further - taking a non-anthropocentric view I see that we will be made extinct by our actions while the earth keeps happily spinning around on its merry way. When we say we need to save the planet, we need to remember that we need to save it for ourselves - not for some second owner who’s going to come along and buy it from us one day. The most instrumentally valuable resources are all on Earth, if we run out we are done, kaput - unless of course Elon gets his Mars colony in order… 3. “If the present growth trends in world population, industrialization, pollution, food production, and resource depletion continue unchanged, the limits to growth on this planet will be reached sometime within the next one hundred years. The most probable