4.8.10+C+-+Analyze+how+Human+Activities+may+cause+changes+in+the+Ecosystem

 __ Sub-Standards of 4.8.10 C __       Over the past century, many changes in the environment have been the result of human activities. One such activity would be the heavier production of the largest consumer products; oil and natural gas. Over each year, more and more oil is used for factories, cars, and private homes in order to heat and run these institutions and products. Although the oil stock has been through the roof due to these changes over history, it abruptly came to a halt during the 1970's when a major Energy Crisis hit the United States. Gas prices were off the charts, and were only expected to go higher. The United States, however, got through this Energy Crisis, but not without the creation of OPEC, or the Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries. Today, OPEC faces a major oil issue, for many countries are attempting to become oil independent. The crude oil price per barrel has hit a whopping $126, which has broken the previous record of crude oil prices per barrel. This could affect the United States in many different ways, more negative than positive. The most negative way this could affect the United States, and which has been a problem for many years now, is running out of our own oil source and having to base our oil production purely off of exportation from other countries. This issue brings up the one heard a lot in the news, which is attempting to find an alternate energy source in order to cut back on our consumption of oil on an annual basis.  Many of the industrial strategies seen today are individualized to fit the needs of the supply and demand network that has been developed with other countries. Strategies such as oil drilling, tree cutting, crop irrigation, nuclear power production, and many others are mostly damaging to the environment and sucking Earth's resources dry. While we destroy our environment to suit our needs today, we develop more problems for the human race in the future for the generations to come (a.k.a. our children and our children's children). In developing these industries listed above, pollution becomes a leading topic in the environmental effects of different industrial strategies used by small and large corporations alike.
 * ** Analyze and evaluate changes in the environment that are the result of human activities.  **
 * ** Compare and contrast the environmental effects of different industrial strategies.  **


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4.8.12 C - Analyze how pollution has changed in quality, variety, and toxicity as the United States developed its industrial base.