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Sergio Lorenzana

University of Texas at El Paso

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Topic: The transition from a fossil fuel society is due to lack of efficiency and environmental

hazards which will bring an increase in reliance on the growing limited resources and heightened

regulations for healthy competition in the world.

Delano, J. (2016, March 14). Why China Wants To Stop Its Industrial Revolution [video file].

Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDDuVdvVdlM

The video documentary dives into a country that is ruled by low regulations due to its

Industrial revolution. We are informed of the gravity of the situation around Beijing which

is surrounded by plants that over produce iron and steel. These plants are powered by an

inefficient fossil fuel that are cheap, but costly to the environment as the plants release a

life-threatening smog field with sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and mercury. In china as

time has progressed instead of becoming more environmentally friendly it has instead

chosen to move backwards with conditions that may have a permanent repercussion

already perceived as the population of metropolitan Beijing wear mask to go outside and

face medical issues like asthma, strokes, lung cancer, and 1.6 million deaths a year from

air pollution. This video documentary serves as a warning to the rest of the world of what

can happen to a country that is ruled by low regulations due to its Industrial revolution.

Draghicescu, M. (2011). ENVIRONMENT POLICY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION. CASE

STUDY: ROMANIA. Economics, Management & Financial Markets, 6(1), 620-628.

This article by the Romanian government reviews how the new European Union

environmental policy will specifically affect the country of Romania. They analyze the
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reduction of greenhouse gas emissions like carbon monoxide by switching to more

renewable forms of energy. To reduce for Romanian Citizens the increasing expenses to

consume fossil fuels like gasoline and the burden it puts on the air. The new

implementations added to the policy provide a plan on how to develop the use of renewable

transportation like electric cars and trolley buses to reduce pollution and the reliance on

nonrenewable resources. This adaptation plan by the Romanians shows us that as the

countries needs for energy increase so does societies adaptation to acquire and provide

limited resources in new forms of development.

Mittal, V. K., & Sangwan, K. S. (2015). Ranking of Drivers for Green Manufacturing

Implementation Using Fuzzy Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal

Solution Method. Journal Of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, 22(1/2), 119-130.

doi:10.1002/mcda.1527

This article dives into the need for manufacturing countries especial those in the developing

sector to modernize their procedures to reduce the amount of pollution they release into the

environment. To appeal to the companies and governments drivers must be well defined to

motivate implementation. They arrive to the conclusion that by doing this, companies and

economies will benefit from increased living conditions and faster output of manufactured

products without utilizing so much energy and making more efficient workers. The

undeniable drivers that promote the investment in the manufacturing industry help to

ensure a secure future for future generations and encourage more research to maximize

efficiency.

Numanoglu, A. (2017). Using telemedicine to teach paediatric surgery in resource-limited

countries. Pediatric Surgery International, (4), 471. doi:10.1007/s00383-016-4051-6

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Efficiency has been maximized not only in the industrial sectors were limited resources

have to be efficiently used to for profit. The revolution in the medical sector is helping to

provide lower cost medical practices and education to Doctors abroad. The improved

management of resources in the medical sector demonstrates the change that is happening

laterally around the world improving the quality of life in poor countries without these

having to reach the same level of infrastructure as countries like the U.S by making scarcer

medications more effective through modernization.

Rath, A. K. (2016). Emerging Landscape of Corporate Ethics and Social Responsibility -

Challenges and Options. Journal Of Institute Of Public Enterprise, 39(3/4), 137-154.

This scholarly journal reviews the change in focus of for-profit business’s, from solely

focusing on meeting shareholders growth demands no matter the consequences. This is

explained to have happened by not adhering to environmental regulations and fiscal laws.

The obligation to switch this mentality comes from the increased difficulty to operate for

sustained periods of time without imposing regulations even though this article maintains

a general view of how business is managed. The article can be applied to today’s necessity

to manage scarcer resources were competition in different sectors brings the necessity to

provide a fair playing field for all to ensure that some do not benefit more than others.

(2018). Sundance Resources Limited - Company Update Company Update. ENP Newswire.

The Newspaper article provides a brief summary on how the company Sundace

Resources from china will do business in the country of Cameroon. In accordance with

the Cameroon Mining Code the government of Cameroon will extend a permit for the

Chinese company to continue its deals with iron and other ore mining practices. This is
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important because thanks to the resources that Cameroon produces inside its borders

which are essential to other companies to build finished goods Cameroon can negotiate

with foreign powers like China and bring in powerful multimillion dollar companies that

will bring in the necessary to extract the minerals and create jobs and spur the economy

in another wise limited country. The cooperation of this government under the Mbalam

Convention promotes competition in the professional sector by providing a need for more

specialized individuals to work the foreign companies either in management or operation

positions.

Suzdaltsev, J. (2016, June 22). Why China Is Running Out of Water [video file]. Retrieved from

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bAEr8Waffo

In this documentary we are informed about china’s imminent water crisis. This is due to

the rapid industrial growth in the country for the past 10yrs which has been powered by a

massive workforce of 1.37 billion people. The water supply in China cannot sustain such

high demand. And adding factors to the contamination of the drinking water in china are

pollution from gas emissions, Oil Spills, and chemical runoff. This video shows us the

threat humanity leaves in from over population. We can infer from a real situation like

china that if we do not manage our pollution emissions and limit water supply other

countries can easily be harmed in the future.