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GLG 220 Week 5 Individual Questions Prepare a response to Critical and Creative Thinking Questions 1 – 5 in Ch . 15 of Visualizing Geology . Provide an explanation in your responses .
Oil production in the United States satisfies only half of the country ' s needs ; the rest is imported . If imports were cut off , what changes would you expect to occur in your lifestyle ? If you are interested in controversies , investigate how geophysicist M . King Hubbert predicted in 1956 that annual U . S . oil production would peak in the early 1970s ( the actual peak occurred in 1971 ). Also , investigate the debate over whether the same predictive technique can be applied to world oil supplies . When do you think world oil production will reach its peak — or has it done so already ? Can you offer an explanation for this remarkable concentration ? If you were part of a team of exploration geologists looking for large copper deposits , where would you focus your search ? Given that we are now dependent on nonrenewable resources of energy and minerals , and that the world ' s population continues to increase , how do you think human societies will adjust in the future ? Do we have a resource problem or a population problem ( or both )? Some people think that sustainable development is not a useful concept , because it may be impossible to implement — or even to define — in the case of nonrenewable resources . Others think that it is an extremely important concept , if only because it makes us think about the needs of future generations in planning resource management . What do you think ?
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