Food is a major factor to human survival. Presently food is required to have a certain taste that would satisfy your taste buds. That certain satisfaction was highly reached once the Industrial Age began. Food would constantly be manufactured and the process of production was sped. Industrial Food became the food of our nation as it takes over every aspect of the American culture.
Industrialized food now a days are over produced and the customers are over weight. It is a classic system of supply and demand. It approximately takes an average 5 minutes to receive your order and behind the scenes in the meat packing industries, it takes less than a minute to decapitate a fully grown cattle. The process has been sped to a point of outrageous production. Fast Food Nation by: Eric Shlosser emphasizes the blueprints of a meat packing industry, the experience of every worker of the fast food world and the dirty side of our meat. Both the movie and the book previewed the fast food life as a vicious circle. To make a simple “Big One” takes a whole bunch of work from both humans, machines and animals. The labor is unnatural and so are the food sold at every fast food links.
With similar intentions, the book Omnivores Dilemma by: Michael Pollan is practically narrated about every corner of the Industrialized world. From the over production of grains, the transportation of the grains and all the accessible products, it would take probably less than a crew of men to create corn syrup. Omnivores Dilemma also flowed smooth as a book and the ending was superb with the whole family enjoying a McDonalds meal. Without all the drama which galore in Fast Food Nation, Omnivores Dilemma is more of a factual book than a great story.
Our Daily Bread is an amazing movie that taught the origins of our commonly eaten food. Without any conversations, Our Daily bread contained enough knowledge to cut off your satisfaction of meat or chicken. The metaphor of the movie was basically to observe the casualness of eating bread and the food that is nearly trash.
The Industrialized food society is also a major factor of the effects on our polluted world. Besides the machinery, once the manufactured food is ready it needs to be shipped off to other countries which cost a lot of fuel. Either by boat, plane, train or trucks, products are transported from all corners of the planet. Gas prices are also at it's peek and shipping all those products effect the peek.
Cruelty to animals are also a major part of the nation's industrialized food. Unlike the overworked, and low paid factory workers, the animals are cruely cared for. With very little and dirty space to live in, the animals are also killed in a matter of seconds. These animals are over produced and hormones enhanced. Humans are literally taking advantage of what nature offers. With hands of god species are easily reproduced and killed without thought of a free life. It's also the same process for plants and vegetables.
Sunday, June 10, 2007
What is good to eat? [FINAL]
Big Macs, French fries, cheese quesadillas and chicken tenders are daily meals to certain Americans. The taste at times are unbelievable but to be honest are artificial and unhealthy. Fast food restaurants serve billions daily as the Industrialized society grows and advances. It comes to a point that the food of our industrialized society can not compare with the cultural cuisine of foreign lands in healthiness. Without the abundance of used and artificial oil, the cultural food of other countries are far more nutritional and healthy.
Fast food comes from factories that manufacture alternated food supplies. Those factories create an overproduction of meat, vegetables, grains and etc. Then the meat, vegetables, and grains are then shipped to restaruant chains where the supplies are pre-heated, cooked with artificial oil or even used oil. The so called fast food are practically low cost and are easily compatible to being kept fresh for days. They have absolutely no fiber or complex carbohydrates in them, and they are packed with saturated fat and cholesterol. In the short term, eating meat, dairy products, and eggs is likely to make a person fat and lethargic [1]. Its taste are preserved and the artificial flavor follows the basic taste of for example chicken and beef. All that is needed are the hydrogenated vegetable oil that are pumped into fast foods which contain high amounts of trans fat [2] . Besides all the un healthiness of artificialized meat and vegetables, “hydrogenated vegetable oil” is added and a typical Mcdonalds’ cheeseburger contains 320 calories [3] . Humans do not think of what they eat especially here in the US as billions are served daily (Mcdonalds logo). In the movie “Our Daily Bread” there are scenes of an abundance of fruits and vegetables being produced, thousand of little chicks mistreated and labeled, and bulls living in spaces filled with their own manure. There are thousands of factories like the ones shown in the movie that ship food out to many fast food chains.
Although fast food chains have opened around the world especially in the Filippines, certain countries still keep their ancestrial diet in tact. A typical Filippino diet may consist of fresh cooked rice, a meat which would come from a local farm, and vegetables. In many of the recipes that follow, vegetable ingredients that are used may be difficult to locate in ordinary food stores or supermarkets [4]. Each dish are either cooked in vinegar, sour fruit of vegetable or even coconut milk. There are fried dishes but without the use of “hydrogenated” oil. In comparison to a value meal from Mcdonalds, a Filippino dish taste original and is 5 times healthier due to the amount difference of calories.
A value meal always consist of a meat. The only difference is that the meat are usually from a meat packing industry. A factory that genetically alternates the animals body figure to produce more meat. The industries also tries to save as much money and at the same time tries to make more. A fast food meal may consist certain disease of e. coli from the meat. From the movie “Fast Food Nation”, the cows are killed in the most ridiculous ways making it possible for their intestine to burst. The spread of feces from the intestine also makes it possible for the strains of e. coli to reside in the muscle of the meat, this meat is then shipped to local restaruants and shopping markets. Our nation of fast food is extremely dangerous and unhealthy. From Mcdonalds to even local supermarkets the industrial food life has taken over.
1. (http://www.goveg.com/veganism_health.asp).
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_food#Health_concerns
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_food#Health_concerns
4. http://asiarecipe.com/phifood1.html
Fast food comes from factories that manufacture alternated food supplies. Those factories create an overproduction of meat, vegetables, grains and etc. Then the meat, vegetables, and grains are then shipped to restaruant chains where the supplies are pre-heated, cooked with artificial oil or even used oil. The so called fast food are practically low cost and are easily compatible to being kept fresh for days. They have absolutely no fiber or complex carbohydrates in them, and they are packed with saturated fat and cholesterol. In the short term, eating meat, dairy products, and eggs is likely to make a person fat and lethargic [1]. Its taste are preserved and the artificial flavor follows the basic taste of for example chicken and beef. All that is needed are the hydrogenated vegetable oil that are pumped into fast foods which contain high amounts of trans fat [2] . Besides all the un healthiness of artificialized meat and vegetables, “hydrogenated vegetable oil” is added and a typical Mcdonalds’ cheeseburger contains 320 calories [3] . Humans do not think of what they eat especially here in the US as billions are served daily (Mcdonalds logo). In the movie “Our Daily Bread” there are scenes of an abundance of fruits and vegetables being produced, thousand of little chicks mistreated and labeled, and bulls living in spaces filled with their own manure. There are thousands of factories like the ones shown in the movie that ship food out to many fast food chains.
Although fast food chains have opened around the world especially in the Filippines, certain countries still keep their ancestrial diet in tact. A typical Filippino diet may consist of fresh cooked rice, a meat which would come from a local farm, and vegetables. In many of the recipes that follow, vegetable ingredients that are used may be difficult to locate in ordinary food stores or supermarkets [4]. Each dish are either cooked in vinegar, sour fruit of vegetable or even coconut milk. There are fried dishes but without the use of “hydrogenated” oil. In comparison to a value meal from Mcdonalds, a Filippino dish taste original and is 5 times healthier due to the amount difference of calories.
A value meal always consist of a meat. The only difference is that the meat are usually from a meat packing industry. A factory that genetically alternates the animals body figure to produce more meat. The industries also tries to save as much money and at the same time tries to make more. A fast food meal may consist certain disease of e. coli from the meat. From the movie “Fast Food Nation”, the cows are killed in the most ridiculous ways making it possible for their intestine to burst. The spread of feces from the intestine also makes it possible for the strains of e. coli to reside in the muscle of the meat, this meat is then shipped to local restaruants and shopping markets. Our nation of fast food is extremely dangerous and unhealthy. From Mcdonalds to even local supermarkets the industrial food life has taken over.
1. (http://www.goveg.com/veganism_health.asp).
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_food#Health_concerns
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_food#Health_concerns
4. http://asiarecipe.com/phifood1.html
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Indutrial Food draft 3
Industrialized Food (Rough Draft)
Food is a major factor to human survival. Presently food is required to have a certain taste that would satisfy your taste buds. That certain satisfaction was highly reached once the Industrial Age began. Food would constantly be manufactured and the process of production was sped. Industrial Food became the food of our nation as it takes over every aspect of the American culture.
Industrialized food now a days are over produced and the customers are over weight. It is a classic system of supply and demand. It approximately takes an average 5 minutes to receive your order and behind the scenes in the meat packing industries, it takes less than a minute to decapitate a fully grown cattle. The process has been sped to a point of outrageous production. Fast Food Nation by: Eric Shlosser emphasizes the blueprints of a meat packing industry, the experience of every worker of the fast food world and the dirty side of our meat. Both the movie and the book previewed the fast food life as a vicious circle. To make a simple “Big One” takes a whole bunch of work from both humans, machines and animals. The labor is unnatural and so are the food sold at every fast food links.
With similar intentions, the book Omnivores Dilemma by: Michael Pollan is practically narrated about every corner of the Industrialized world. From the over production of grains, the transportation of the grains and all the accessible products, it would take probably less than a crew of men to create corn syrup. Omnivores Dilemma also flowed smooth as a book and the ending was superb with the whole family enjoying a McDonalds meal. Without all the drama which galore in Fast Food Nation, Omnivores Dilemma is more of a factual book than a great story.
Our Daily Bread is an amazing movie that taught the origins of our commonly eaten food. Without any conversations, Our Daily bread contained enough knowledge to cut off your satisfaction of meat or chicken. The metaphor of the movie was basically to observe the casualness of eating bread and the food that is nearly trash.
The Industrialized food society is also a major factor of the effects on our polluted world. Besides the machinery, once the manufactured food is ready it needs to be shipped off to other countries which cost a lot of fuel. Either by boat, plane, train or trucks, products are transported from all corners of the planet. Gas prices are also at it's peek and shipping all those products effect the peek.
Cruelty to animals are also a major part of the nation's industrialized food. Unlike the overworked, and low paid factory workers, the animals are cruely cared for. With very little and dirty space to live in, the animals are also killed in a matter of seconds. These animals are over produced and hormones enhanced. Humans are literally taking advantage of what nature offers. With hands of god species are easily reproduced and killed without thought of a free life. It's also the same process for plants and vegetables.
Food is a major factor to human survival. Presently food is required to have a certain taste that would satisfy your taste buds. That certain satisfaction was highly reached once the Industrial Age began. Food would constantly be manufactured and the process of production was sped. Industrial Food became the food of our nation as it takes over every aspect of the American culture.
Industrialized food now a days are over produced and the customers are over weight. It is a classic system of supply and demand. It approximately takes an average 5 minutes to receive your order and behind the scenes in the meat packing industries, it takes less than a minute to decapitate a fully grown cattle. The process has been sped to a point of outrageous production. Fast Food Nation by: Eric Shlosser emphasizes the blueprints of a meat packing industry, the experience of every worker of the fast food world and the dirty side of our meat. Both the movie and the book previewed the fast food life as a vicious circle. To make a simple “Big One” takes a whole bunch of work from both humans, machines and animals. The labor is unnatural and so are the food sold at every fast food links.
With similar intentions, the book Omnivores Dilemma by: Michael Pollan is practically narrated about every corner of the Industrialized world. From the over production of grains, the transportation of the grains and all the accessible products, it would take probably less than a crew of men to create corn syrup. Omnivores Dilemma also flowed smooth as a book and the ending was superb with the whole family enjoying a McDonalds meal. Without all the drama which galore in Fast Food Nation, Omnivores Dilemma is more of a factual book than a great story.
Our Daily Bread is an amazing movie that taught the origins of our commonly eaten food. Without any conversations, Our Daily bread contained enough knowledge to cut off your satisfaction of meat or chicken. The metaphor of the movie was basically to observe the casualness of eating bread and the food that is nearly trash.
The Industrialized food society is also a major factor of the effects on our polluted world. Besides the machinery, once the manufactured food is ready it needs to be shipped off to other countries which cost a lot of fuel. Either by boat, plane, train or trucks, products are transported from all corners of the planet. Gas prices are also at it's peek and shipping all those products effect the peek.
Cruelty to animals are also a major part of the nation's industrialized food. Unlike the overworked, and low paid factory workers, the animals are cruely cared for. With very little and dirty space to live in, the animals are also killed in a matter of seconds. These animals are over produced and hormones enhanced. Humans are literally taking advantage of what nature offers. With hands of god species are easily reproduced and killed without thought of a free life. It's also the same process for plants and vegetables.
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Industrial Food (Rough Draft)
Industrialized Food (Rough Draft)
Food is a major factor to human survival. Presently food is required to have a certain taste that would satisfy your taste buds. That certain satisfaction was highly reached once the Industrial Age began. Food would constantly be manufactured and the process of production was sped. Industrial Food became the food of our nation as it takes over every aspect of the American culture.
Industrialized food now a days are over produced and the customers are over weight. It is a classic system of supply and demand. It approximately takes an average 5 minutes to receive your order and behind the scenes in the meat packing industries, it takes less than a minute to decapitate a fully grown cattle. The process has been sped to a point of outrageous production. Fast Food Nation by: Eric Shlosser emphasizes the blueprints of a meat packing industry, the experience of every worker of the fast food world and the dirty side of our meat. Both the movie and the book previewed the fast food life as a vicious circle. To make a simple “Big One” takes a whole bunch of work from both humans, machines and animals. The labor is unnatural and so are the food sold at every fast food links.
With similar intentions, the book Omnivores Dilemma by: Michael Pollan is practically narrated about every corner of the Industrialized world. From the over production of grains, the transportation of the grains and all the accessible products, it would take probably less than a crew of men to create corn syrup. Omnivores Dilemma also flowed smooth as a book and the ending was superb with the whole family enjoying a McDonalds meal. Without all the drama which galore in Fast Food Nation, Omnivores Dilemma is more of a factual book than a great story.
Our Daily Bread is an amazing movie that taught the origins of our commonly eaten food. Without any conversations, Our Daily bread contained enough knowledge to cut off your satisfaction of meat or chicken. The metaphor of the movie was basically to observe the casualness of eating bread and the food that is nearly trash.
Food is a major factor to human survival. Presently food is required to have a certain taste that would satisfy your taste buds. That certain satisfaction was highly reached once the Industrial Age began. Food would constantly be manufactured and the process of production was sped. Industrial Food became the food of our nation as it takes over every aspect of the American culture.
Industrialized food now a days are over produced and the customers are over weight. It is a classic system of supply and demand. It approximately takes an average 5 minutes to receive your order and behind the scenes in the meat packing industries, it takes less than a minute to decapitate a fully grown cattle. The process has been sped to a point of outrageous production. Fast Food Nation by: Eric Shlosser emphasizes the blueprints of a meat packing industry, the experience of every worker of the fast food world and the dirty side of our meat. Both the movie and the book previewed the fast food life as a vicious circle. To make a simple “Big One” takes a whole bunch of work from both humans, machines and animals. The labor is unnatural and so are the food sold at every fast food links.
With similar intentions, the book Omnivores Dilemma by: Michael Pollan is practically narrated about every corner of the Industrialized world. From the over production of grains, the transportation of the grains and all the accessible products, it would take probably less than a crew of men to create corn syrup. Omnivores Dilemma also flowed smooth as a book and the ending was superb with the whole family enjoying a McDonalds meal. Without all the drama which galore in Fast Food Nation, Omnivores Dilemma is more of a factual book than a great story.
Our Daily Bread is an amazing movie that taught the origins of our commonly eaten food. Without any conversations, Our Daily bread contained enough knowledge to cut off your satisfaction of meat or chicken. The metaphor of the movie was basically to observe the casualness of eating bread and the food that is nearly trash.
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Experience at supermarket
From cheese to soda, food at the supermarket were simply industrialized. All the products seemed to be imported from other states even other countries. Prices are also pretty expensive especially in that type of supermarket. TO add on all the prices there also tax. I also noticed that the food are also delivered which is typical but making easy access to the industrilized food. In some sections there are also healthy and close to non-indutrialized food if that makes sense. Over all the experience was interesting because I never entered a supermarket with that mentality.
Sunday, February 25, 2007
A Healthier Diet
Big Macs, French fries, cheese quesadillas and chicken tenders are daily meals to certain Americans. The taste at times are unbelievable but to be honest are artificial and unhealthy. Fast food restaurants serve billions daily as the Industrialized society grows and advances. It comes to a point that the food of our industrialized society can not compare with the cultural cuisine of foreign lands in healthiness. Without the abundance of used and artificial oil, the cultural food of other countries are far more nutritional and healthy.
Although fast food chains have opened around the world especially in the filippines, certain countries still keep their ancestrial diet in tact. A typical Filippino diet may consist of fresh cooked rice, a meat which would come from a local farm, and vegetables. Don't forget the vinegar. In comparison to a value meal from Mcdonalds, a Filippino dish taste original and is 5 times healthier.
A value always consist a meat. The only difference is that the meat are usually from a meat packing industry. A factory that genetically alternates the animals body figre to produce more meat. The industries also tries to save as much money and at the same time tries to make more. A fast food meal may consist certain disease of ecoli from the meat.
Although fast food chains have opened around the world especially in the filippines, certain countries still keep their ancestrial diet in tact. A typical Filippino diet may consist of fresh cooked rice, a meat which would come from a local farm, and vegetables. Don't forget the vinegar. In comparison to a value meal from Mcdonalds, a Filippino dish taste original and is 5 times healthier.
A value always consist a meat. The only difference is that the meat are usually from a meat packing industry. A factory that genetically alternates the animals body figre to produce more meat. The industries also tries to save as much money and at the same time tries to make more. A fast food meal may consist certain disease of ecoli from the meat.
Friday, February 09, 2007
Farmers Market
A) Goat Cheese
B) Easy to Digest. Less Industrialized.
C) Hawthorne Valley
D) Lets the goat roam freely and individualy slaughtered
E) www.farmandfood.org, www.whiteegretfarm.com, www.coonridge.com
B) Easy to Digest. Less Industrialized.
C) Hawthorne Valley
D) Lets the goat roam freely and individualy slaughtered
E) www.farmandfood.org, www.whiteegretfarm.com, www.coonridge.com
MY MEAL
Taste of sweetness explored through my toungue. The noodles squirmed in my mouth until grinded by my teeth. THere were sum grounded nuts that was easily swallowed. THe sensation of non stop eating continued until the plate was epty and a glass of water just washed everything down. Now the IItihttp://slapnose.com/images/blog/0904/padthai_300x225.jpgs attacks my legs and goes to my upper body. *iitis: the laziness feeling after a good meal on the couch causes a nap 80 % of the time.
MY FRIDGE
-Eggs (2 left)
-Milk
-Vegetables (tomatoes the only one i care about)
-Chicken
-groundbeef
-Filippino products:
peanut butter
butter
soda
fish eggs
-Pepsi (2liter)
-Yogurt
-Milk
-Vegetables (tomatoes the only one i care about)
-Chicken
-groundbeef
-Filippino products:
peanut butter
butter
soda
fish eggs
-Pepsi (2liter)
-Yogurt
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Close to a final Draft
For many centuries we humans have had an ungrateful relationship with our planet. Ever since the creation of civilizations (a society depended on cities) the earth’s natural resources has been used and then abused. The future demise and the current status of the planet is caused by humans ignoring the ecological sources of their material needs. In other words we choose to ignore the ecological crisis caused by for example the production of our clothing or the pollution caused by automobiles. Our greed and our pleasures are far more favorable then saving the planet even though it would be a small impact. It’s too late to even start making changes because our civilization is too dependent on fossil fuels, animals, and factories. Pro-longing the situation would lead to more damages on the planet’s atmosphere. The demise of mankind will be much greater if the global situation would be pro-longed.
The demise of mankind will be caused partially because humans ignore the global situation. Natural Disasters occur all over the world and preparations before the disasters are ignored. “Hurricane Katrina wreaks catastrophic damage along the US Gulf Coast, leaving 80 percent of New Orleans underwater and causing estimated $125 billion in economic damage.” (Nierenberg 27) News were spread before Katrina that leveys that sorround New Orleans were weak and if a hurricane hits, it will break and cause major flooding.
The ozone layer is an important part of the atmosphere and climate system. It limit’s the amount of UV radiation from the sun entering our planet. A weakened ozone layer melts ice caps, alternating the climate system and also reduces plant growth. “Experts predict that at current levels of greenhouse gases carbon dioxide alone is at 375 parts per million-the earth may warm by as much as five degrees Celsius…sea level rises of as much as 20 feet,” (Ice caps melting faster than forecast at pravada.ru) The ice caps melting, water level rising and especially the holes in our ozone layer are examples of permanent damage to our planet. If our industrial civilization are prolonged our sea levels will be higher and UV radiation will reach the extreme.
Habitat destruction often occurs because of our greed and is another example of irreversible damages made. Animals use these natural habitats as a source to survive. It’s their homes which we are demolishing. “There are many causes of habitat destruction, including logging, mining, oil drilling, and exploiting other natural resources; clearing land for agriculture and cattle ranches; development for residential areas; and roads,” (Destruction of Natural Habitats at national zoo.si.edu) Prolonging this problem will just extinct many animals and kill many plants.
One of the most important necesitie for human survival is food. Most humans are carnivores (meat eaters). Recently a disease called Mad Cow has spread through the meat industry killing cattle and some restaurant customers. “Livestock are also eating each other. Although regulations in the United Kingdom prohibit feeding meat and bone meal to cattle to prevent borine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, or mad cow disease) … In the United States, for example, it is still legal to feed beef tallow to cattle. Producers also give cattle cow’s blood, chicken, chicken manure, feather meal, pigs and even saw dust.” (Nierenberg 30) Although we have the knowledge about the infected meat, such companies like Mcdonalds still sell their double quarter pound cheeseburgers. It’s disturbing to hear that cattle are being fed their own kind and chicken manure.
Now a days condominiums are built over destroyed habitats for the pleasure of tourist and visitors. In addition to condominiums, large strip malls are slo built destroying more animal habitats. “The Sign says ’Future Site of Shady Acres Condominiums.’”(Bill 99) Like the story of The Lorax, many of animal habitats are destroyed for human needs. The Onceler chopped down trees to make clothing, so he can be rich. He did not realize the habitats he is destroying not only by cutting the trees but, spilling acid in the river and by polluting the air. In Calvin and Hobbes the forest was destroyed for condos so other humans can rent it. The illustration shows contruction sites and the destruction of the soil.
The fish population is drastically decreasing due to fisher men. Food is important in a civilation especially if it can feed many. Fish is especially popular to coastal civilizations. “In the oceans, too, fish populations will gradually recover from drastic over fishing. The last time fishing more or less stopped - during the second world war, when few fishing vessels ventured far frompart cod populations in the North Sea skyrocketed. Today, however, populations of cod and other economically important fish have slumped much further thatn they did in the 1930’s, and recovery may take significantly longer than five or so years.” (Bob Holmes 3) The fish has been the most important food resource since the dawn of civilizations. If surveyed, approximately 90% of the people would believe that there are an infinite amount of fishes in the ocean. The way fish is gathered, the fish population would drastically decrease.
The ecological status of our planet and or other species don’t seem to matter once we humans fufil our materialistic needs. Either through food and condos, we humans don’t seem to realize the effects of our decisions. It won’t be long until uncontrollable natural disasters occur due to alternated weather patterns or there won’t be anymore natural resources to benefit off.
five or so years.” (Bob Holmes 3) The fish has been the most important food resource since the dawn of civilizations. If surveyed, approximately 90% of the people would believe that there are an infinite amount of fishes in the ocean. The way fish is gathered, the fish population would drastically decrease.
The ecological status of our planet and or other species don’t seem to matter once we humans fufil our materialistic needs. Either through food and condos, we humans don’t seem to realize the effects of our decisions. It won’t be long until uncontrollable natural disasters occur due to alternated weather patterns or there won’t be anymore natural resources to benefit off.
Humans seem to fill their closets with clothes over clothes. Following trends that last a couple months. Technology will not stop improving and so won‘t clothing. The more types or clothing the more machinery work and the more fuels used. Fuels to make the clothing and fuels to transport the clothing to other countries. “As technologies change, so will clothing. Many people, including futurologists have extrapolated current trends and made the following predictions:
Man-made fibers such as nylon, polyester, terylene, terycot, lycra, and Gore-Tex already account for much of the clothing market. Many more types of fibers will certainly be developed, possibly using nanotechnology. For example, military uniforms may stiffen when hit by bullets, filter out poisonous chemicals, and treat wounds.
"Smart" clothing will incorporate electronics. Clothing may incorporate wearable computers, flexible wearable displays (possibly leading to fully animated clothing and some forms of invisibility cloaks), medical sensors, etc.
Present-day ready-to-wear technologies will presumably give way to computer-aided custom manufacturing. Low power laser beams will measure the customer; computers will draw up a custom pattern and execute it in the customer's choice of cloth as well as choice of desirable fit.” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clothing) Clothing seems to be one of the major factors of surviving especially to people who live in exteme climates. Since history started clothing has been used for protection and in present times clothing is just a fashion statement. Image is what people judge themselves with and with better clothing, the better they think people will see them as. But those are ignorant to see where those shirts or pants are made and how it was exported to the shops. Tags explain where it originates but tags don’t describe the amount of energy used to ship it and make it.
Agricultural Machines are used to harvest many crops. Farmers use these well upgraded machines to save their own energy and it‘ also a fact that production is 10 times faster. It‘s also true that these machines consume fossil fuel. “The basic technology of agricultural machines has changed little in the last century. Though modern harvesters and planters may do a better job or be slightly tweaked from their predecessors, the US$250,000 combine of today still cuts, threshes, and separates grain in essentially the same way it has always been done. However, technology is changing the way that humans operate the machines, as computer monitoring systems, GPS locators, and self-steer programs allow the most advanced tractors and implements to be more precise and less wasteful in the use of fuel, seed, or fertilizer. In the foreseeable future, some agricultural machines will be capable of driving themselves, using GPS maps and electronic sensors. Even more esoteric are the new areas of nanotechnology and genetic engineering, where submicroscopic devices and biological processes, respectively, are being used as machines to perform agricultural tasks in unusual new ways. Agriculture may be one of the oldest professions, but the development and use of machinery has made the job title of farmer a rarity. Instead of every person having to work to provide food for themselves, less than 2% of the U.S. population today works in agriculture, yet that 2% provides considerably more food than the other 98% can eat. It is estimated that at the turn of the 20th century, one farmer in the U.S. could feed 25 people, where today, that ratio is 1:130 (in a modern grain farm, a single farmer can produce cereal to feed over a thousand people). With continuing advances in agricultural machinery, the role of the farmer will become increasingly specialized, and rare.” (wikipedia,Agricultural_machinery) It’s obvious that machines and technology will drastically advance and will make manuel labor obsolete but, these machines will also depend on fuel. Currently agricultural machines used often destroyes the soil as it puts pressure on it. Agricultural production would be more productive with newly advanced machines but, more fuels will be consumed and soil will be destroyed more. But, the agricultural world especially in the US will ignore that situation and will continue with machines and the use of fossil fuels. If production is more efficient then saving the soil and our ecosphere will be ignored.
It’s significant to begin new lives. Lives based on a better relationship with the earth, a life that will follow a continous circle which the earth would be comfortable with. Humans have to “stop and smell the roses”, that is if there are any left. It’s time to put and end to an indutrial civilization that’s relied on fossil fuels and the destruction of our land. Greed and Selfishness will get us anywhere on the long run and will only laminate human extinction.
Citations
1) Nierenberg,Danielle.(ed)State of the world 2006.worldwatch institute.Norton,new york.2006
2) “Ice Caps melting faster than forecast” pravada.ru
3) “Destruction of Natural Habitats” zoo.si.edu
4) Watterson, Bill. “Calvin and Hobbes”
5) “Clothing” winkipedia.org
6)”Agricultural Machines” winkipedia.org
The demise of mankind will be caused partially because humans ignore the global situation. Natural Disasters occur all over the world and preparations before the disasters are ignored. “Hurricane Katrina wreaks catastrophic damage along the US Gulf Coast, leaving 80 percent of New Orleans underwater and causing estimated $125 billion in economic damage.” (Nierenberg 27) News were spread before Katrina that leveys that sorround New Orleans were weak and if a hurricane hits, it will break and cause major flooding.
The ozone layer is an important part of the atmosphere and climate system. It limit’s the amount of UV radiation from the sun entering our planet. A weakened ozone layer melts ice caps, alternating the climate system and also reduces plant growth. “Experts predict that at current levels of greenhouse gases carbon dioxide alone is at 375 parts per million-the earth may warm by as much as five degrees Celsius…sea level rises of as much as 20 feet,” (Ice caps melting faster than forecast at pravada.ru) The ice caps melting, water level rising and especially the holes in our ozone layer are examples of permanent damage to our planet. If our industrial civilization are prolonged our sea levels will be higher and UV radiation will reach the extreme.
Habitat destruction often occurs because of our greed and is another example of irreversible damages made. Animals use these natural habitats as a source to survive. It’s their homes which we are demolishing. “There are many causes of habitat destruction, including logging, mining, oil drilling, and exploiting other natural resources; clearing land for agriculture and cattle ranches; development for residential areas; and roads,” (Destruction of Natural Habitats at national zoo.si.edu) Prolonging this problem will just extinct many animals and kill many plants.
One of the most important necesitie for human survival is food. Most humans are carnivores (meat eaters). Recently a disease called Mad Cow has spread through the meat industry killing cattle and some restaurant customers. “Livestock are also eating each other. Although regulations in the United Kingdom prohibit feeding meat and bone meal to cattle to prevent borine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, or mad cow disease) … In the United States, for example, it is still legal to feed beef tallow to cattle. Producers also give cattle cow’s blood, chicken, chicken manure, feather meal, pigs and even saw dust.” (Nierenberg 30) Although we have the knowledge about the infected meat, such companies like Mcdonalds still sell their double quarter pound cheeseburgers. It’s disturbing to hear that cattle are being fed their own kind and chicken manure.
Now a days condominiums are built over destroyed habitats for the pleasure of tourist and visitors. In addition to condominiums, large strip malls are slo built destroying more animal habitats. “The Sign says ’Future Site of Shady Acres Condominiums.’”(Bill 99) Like the story of The Lorax, many of animal habitats are destroyed for human needs. The Onceler chopped down trees to make clothing, so he can be rich. He did not realize the habitats he is destroying not only by cutting the trees but, spilling acid in the river and by polluting the air. In Calvin and Hobbes the forest was destroyed for condos so other humans can rent it. The illustration shows contruction sites and the destruction of the soil.
The fish population is drastically decreasing due to fisher men. Food is important in a civilation especially if it can feed many. Fish is especially popular to coastal civilizations. “In the oceans, too, fish populations will gradually recover from drastic over fishing. The last time fishing more or less stopped - during the second world war, when few fishing vessels ventured far frompart cod populations in the North Sea skyrocketed. Today, however, populations of cod and other economically important fish have slumped much further thatn they did in the 1930’s, and recovery may take significantly longer than five or so years.” (Bob Holmes 3) The fish has been the most important food resource since the dawn of civilizations. If surveyed, approximately 90% of the people would believe that there are an infinite amount of fishes in the ocean. The way fish is gathered, the fish population would drastically decrease.
The ecological status of our planet and or other species don’t seem to matter once we humans fufil our materialistic needs. Either through food and condos, we humans don’t seem to realize the effects of our decisions. It won’t be long until uncontrollable natural disasters occur due to alternated weather patterns or there won’t be anymore natural resources to benefit off.
five or so years.” (Bob Holmes 3) The fish has been the most important food resource since the dawn of civilizations. If surveyed, approximately 90% of the people would believe that there are an infinite amount of fishes in the ocean. The way fish is gathered, the fish population would drastically decrease.
The ecological status of our planet and or other species don’t seem to matter once we humans fufil our materialistic needs. Either through food and condos, we humans don’t seem to realize the effects of our decisions. It won’t be long until uncontrollable natural disasters occur due to alternated weather patterns or there won’t be anymore natural resources to benefit off.
Humans seem to fill their closets with clothes over clothes. Following trends that last a couple months. Technology will not stop improving and so won‘t clothing. The more types or clothing the more machinery work and the more fuels used. Fuels to make the clothing and fuels to transport the clothing to other countries. “As technologies change, so will clothing. Many people, including futurologists have extrapolated current trends and made the following predictions:
Man-made fibers such as nylon, polyester, terylene, terycot, lycra, and Gore-Tex already account for much of the clothing market. Many more types of fibers will certainly be developed, possibly using nanotechnology. For example, military uniforms may stiffen when hit by bullets, filter out poisonous chemicals, and treat wounds.
"Smart" clothing will incorporate electronics. Clothing may incorporate wearable computers, flexible wearable displays (possibly leading to fully animated clothing and some forms of invisibility cloaks), medical sensors, etc.
Present-day ready-to-wear technologies will presumably give way to computer-aided custom manufacturing. Low power laser beams will measure the customer; computers will draw up a custom pattern and execute it in the customer's choice of cloth as well as choice of desirable fit.” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clothing) Clothing seems to be one of the major factors of surviving especially to people who live in exteme climates. Since history started clothing has been used for protection and in present times clothing is just a fashion statement. Image is what people judge themselves with and with better clothing, the better they think people will see them as. But those are ignorant to see where those shirts or pants are made and how it was exported to the shops. Tags explain where it originates but tags don’t describe the amount of energy used to ship it and make it.
Agricultural Machines are used to harvest many crops. Farmers use these well upgraded machines to save their own energy and it‘ also a fact that production is 10 times faster. It‘s also true that these machines consume fossil fuel. “The basic technology of agricultural machines has changed little in the last century. Though modern harvesters and planters may do a better job or be slightly tweaked from their predecessors, the US$250,000 combine of today still cuts, threshes, and separates grain in essentially the same way it has always been done. However, technology is changing the way that humans operate the machines, as computer monitoring systems, GPS locators, and self-steer programs allow the most advanced tractors and implements to be more precise and less wasteful in the use of fuel, seed, or fertilizer. In the foreseeable future, some agricultural machines will be capable of driving themselves, using GPS maps and electronic sensors. Even more esoteric are the new areas of nanotechnology and genetic engineering, where submicroscopic devices and biological processes, respectively, are being used as machines to perform agricultural tasks in unusual new ways. Agriculture may be one of the oldest professions, but the development and use of machinery has made the job title of farmer a rarity. Instead of every person having to work to provide food for themselves, less than 2% of the U.S. population today works in agriculture, yet that 2% provides considerably more food than the other 98% can eat. It is estimated that at the turn of the 20th century, one farmer in the U.S. could feed 25 people, where today, that ratio is 1:130 (in a modern grain farm, a single farmer can produce cereal to feed over a thousand people). With continuing advances in agricultural machinery, the role of the farmer will become increasingly specialized, and rare.” (wikipedia,Agricultural_machinery) It’s obvious that machines and technology will drastically advance and will make manuel labor obsolete but, these machines will also depend on fuel. Currently agricultural machines used often destroyes the soil as it puts pressure on it. Agricultural production would be more productive with newly advanced machines but, more fuels will be consumed and soil will be destroyed more. But, the agricultural world especially in the US will ignore that situation and will continue with machines and the use of fossil fuels. If production is more efficient then saving the soil and our ecosphere will be ignored.
It’s significant to begin new lives. Lives based on a better relationship with the earth, a life that will follow a continous circle which the earth would be comfortable with. Humans have to “stop and smell the roses”, that is if there are any left. It’s time to put and end to an indutrial civilization that’s relied on fossil fuels and the destruction of our land. Greed and Selfishness will get us anywhere on the long run and will only laminate human extinction.
Citations
1) Nierenberg,Danielle.(ed)State of the world 2006.worldwatch institute.Norton,new york.2006
2) “Ice Caps melting faster than forecast” pravada.ru
3) “Destruction of Natural Habitats” zoo.si.edu
4) Watterson, Bill. “Calvin and Hobbes”
5) “Clothing” winkipedia.org
6)”Agricultural Machines” winkipedia.org
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