Warner Pacific College
July 29, 2014
How Society Can
Assess Natural Resources
Assess
of natural resources should be discussed in a college classroom setting, but
should as well be discussed on a national level, with a national audience. Our
natural resources are and have been, at a minimum, morally mismanaged by
irresponsible, ambitious, profit seeking companies, who’ve had, “malicious
hallucinations of the American dream.” History has demonstrated that utilizing
monetarily effectiveness in managing sustainable resources is much more cost
effective than a restoration of the lost resource. In one recent article
released by the city of Los Angeles understood that, “materials can be recycled
and reused over and over again, saving resources from going into landfills or
incinerators, safeguarding natural resources, and creating a viable and
profitable alternative for our trash. (Don’t waste.com2014).” Los Angeles has proven that effective management
of natural resources can provide their community value and morally acceptable dividends.
What
are natural resources? The USGS defines them as, “water, minerals, coal, oil,
gas, living things, and the land itself - are this Nation's treasures.”(USGS2014).
Our nation’s treasures, a true profound statement! The resources we use every
day are truly our nation’s treasures. Our industrial and military domination in
the world today would not be as effective without the influence of what those natural
resources have provided. Authorization of consumption for these plentiful resources
is a rough road cautiously traveled by our nation’s leaders. We are a nation of
abundance, but we understand that an abundance of one is not enough, we must
manage it. The United States still
dominates most countries in natural resources, except for Russia, but at the
same time we are a nation of glutinous users.
In regards to oil, the world’s number one natural resource,
(Greenbang.com) states that, “as of 2010, the United States used 19.15 million
barrels of oil per day — more than doubles the figure for the consumer in
second place: China, with a daily demand of 9.06 million barrels per day.”
We double the use of oil compared to the next industrialized nation
below us.
What can we do as a
nation that will impact our culture?
I believe we have activated
the process.
1. We have and are being convinced by our leaders
that as Americans we cannot sustain this current lifestyle of use. If we don’t
practice conservation of natural resources they will run out.
2.
Our
Government has enacted rules and regulations that provide incentives for
conversation.
3.
The American auto makers are creating an
atmosphere of choice with the ability to make a difference. We have chooses now
to go either fully or partly green with economical selections available for
all.
The
Bureau of Land Management is the initial provider for companies and organizations
seeking opportunities for obtaining the fuels of our nation’s natural
resources. The bureau in the past provided these resources basically for anyone
who had a financial interest in the land, over utilization and desolation of
the land was not a priority. We know this as we followed the lumber industry
history of logging in BLM lands. Today’s BLM is much different. The job of
managing the resources continues but BLM has instituted a “Socioeconomics
Strategic Plan.” It is a plan that provides dynamic involvement of the public
interests along with the ability to provide the social involvement it
desperately needed within its management decision core.
The BLM has a soul now!
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