Chapter 24

Discover alternatives to fossil fuel-derived energy at Clean Energy Basics. Technological information on solar, and wind-powered energy sources, and thoughts about solutions for consumers and businesses are included.

Learn more about what impacts humans have on the earth through Human Population Growth and the Accelerating Rate of Species Extinctions. How economics drives the consumer mentality is discussed along with information on how rapidly nonhuman species are going extinct due to human activities.

Long term censuses of the population in Egypt allow for an accurate assessment of the changes caused by population growth in that country. Egypt: Recent Changes in Population Growth; Their Causes and Consequences is an interesting look into the ecological consequences of growing populations.


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