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1
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future societies

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resource scarcity and accumulating pollutants

2
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examples of resource scarcity and accumulating pollutants

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climate change:

  • energy is radiated back into space and ghg trap some of that energy
  • countries that produce the least emissions will be hit the hardest

water accessibility:
- by 2025, 2/3 of the worlds population will live in severe water stress areas

3
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most important incentive in any competitive market

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price

4
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positive feedback loop

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secondary effects that reinforce the basic trend

increase in something, affects something, leads to an even higher increase

5
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negative feedback loop

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secondary effects that reinforce the basic trend

some deviation occurs from the optimal point and it triggers a natural response to bring it back to the optimal point

6
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environmental v ecological

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environmental: environment is a subset of the economy
ecological: economy is a subset of the environment

7
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why does entropy increase

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we are demanding more energy therefore the amount of energy unavailable, that we are currently using, will increase

8
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economic rent

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ant pmt to a factor of production in excess of the cost needed to bring that factor into production
short run: producer surplus = profit + rent
long run: long run profits / rent = 0

9
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scarcity rent

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in this class however, competition does not eliminate that PS

10
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for market allocations of commodities that cause pollution, if you stay at MCp

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output is too high
too much pollution
prices are too low
no incentive to change if costs are externalized 
recycling waste is discouraged
11
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open access

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resource will always be over exploited

scarcity rent is dissipated, no one appropriates it so it is lost

12
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monopoly

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MB > MC
too little supply at too high a price
man PS rather than ES