The High Price of Materialism
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Question 1.
| Extraction | Production | Distribution | Consumption | Disposal |
Question 2.
A third of the natural recourses have been thrashed in the last decade.
Question 3.
2 – 3 planets are needed to support current rates of consumption in the US and Australia.
Question 4.
2000 trees are lost each minute in the Amazon.
Question 5.
Toxic chemicals are dangerous waste products added to the production system.
Question 6.
The food at the top of the food chain is breast milk and is threatening to future generations’ health since it accumulated with toxins from our body; thus, the newborn will be fed with the same toxins endangering their lives.
Question 7.
The meaning of externalizing production cost is the genuine cost of making everything is not provided in the present price that is captured.
Question 8.
People pay through their health coverage insurance.
Through the loss of clean air.
Through loss, which is natural
Question 9a.
Almost 1% of material is still in the system after 6 months.
Question 9b.
The remaining material has gone to be trash.
Question 10.
The modern consumer economy came into being after World War 2 had ended (2020). After the end of the world war, things needed to be replaced. People need to consume and destroyed things needed to be discarded, plus the enormous productive economy resulted in the being of the modern consumer economy.
Question 11.
The following interests, social and community, are being neglected: education, health care, justice, safe transportation, and sustainability as people are busy consuming “stuff.”
Question 12.
Planned Obsolescence means that things are made to be easy uses, i.e., not functioning, thus easily discarded, and new ones are bought. Also known as designed for the dump.
Examples include bicycles, plastics basin cameras, and plastic; all are made in a way that they can be easily discarded.
Perceived obsolescence means that people are made to change and through away their stuff though there still perfect and can be used for the manufacture to bring it to date.
Example include Phone which easily becomes outdated though there still working and the manufacturer makes people believe that there throw away the phone they had last year for a new phone because it is better than the one you had last year.
Question 13a.
The level of happiness is depreciating.
Question 13b.
The level of happiness has declined because of the following reasons.
- Social media.
- People have become materialistic
- People need to acquire a good life.
- Commercialization.
- People need to feel secure about the future.
Question 14.
A summary of a treadmill includes
- Having to spend a lot of time shopping.
- Go to work in the place of work, even having 2 jobs.
- Since you are tired you go home; you sit on the couch and start watching television (Domagalski, 2004). While swathing a commercial as that you need to buy something so you decide to go shopping then to the workplace to get money o pay for what you will buy then go back home and watch television and the treadmill cycle continues.
Question 15.
- burning of waste is harmful to people living in that area.
- It’s costly to install incinerator plants for burning the waste.
- While burning, Toxins are released, which are harmful to the atmosphere.
- Long term effects such as breathing problems.
- Metal and toxins which are in the ash are harmful to people and e the environment.
Question 16.
- It helps in reducing pollution, which is caused by other forms of dealing with waste.
- Waste product is eliminated to a certain level.
- Little energy is required during recycling.
- Increases the availability of raw materials.
- Raw materials are used to their capacity.
Question 17.
- Not all waste material can be recycled.
- Most of all, food waste is not likely to be recycled.
References
Youtu. be. (, 2020). Retrieved 20 November 2020, from https://youtu.be/oGab38pKscw.
Domagalski, T. A. (2004). The High Price of Materialism.