Compassion, Catastrophe, and Change

dc.contributor.author	Cairns, John Jr.	en
dc.contributor.department	Biological Sciences	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-01-23T02:36:28Z	en
dc.date.available	2014-01-23T02:36:28Z	en
dc.date.issued	2006	en
dc.description.abstract	Modern society is based on energy, and the recent rapid evolution is due in major part to cheap, convenient, readily available energy. However, humans have diverted a substantial portion of Earth s life support capacity from supporting other life forms to solely supporting humans. Humankind has used every means available to displace other life forms from their original habitats, divert their resources to human use, and deplete natural capital that has taken many years to accumulate. However, now the cheap, convenient energy that allowed this scenario is declining and any alternative energy sources would either come at a higher environmental cost or are not yet widely available.	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10919/25028	en
dc.identifier.url	http://www.johncairns.net/Commentaries/Compassion.pdf	en
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.publisher	Virginia Tech	en
dc.rights	In Copyright	en
dc.rights.uri	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/	en
dc.subject	global warming	en
dc.subject	energy resources	en
dc.subject	natural capital	en
dc.subject	ecological overshoot	en
dc.title	Compassion, Catastrophe, and Change	en
dc.type	Article	en
dc.type.dcmitype	Text	en

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