Decisions to slow the depletion of energy sources through efficient
technology can be made at many levels, from personal to national, and they
always involve trade-offs of economic costs and social values.
| NSES Content Standard F
Science in Personal and Social Perspectives: Environmental quality Grades 9-12, page 198 Many factors influence environmental quality. Factors that students might investigate include population growth, resource use, population distribution, overconsumption, the capacity of technology to solve problems, poverty, the role of economic, political, and religious views, and different ways humans view the earth. |