The Answer

            When looking at the environment and taking that into account to build that into other aspects of our life we look way too much into the economic parts and how those will effect decisions we make. When I took AP environmental in high school we learned a lot about our environment and how it can help in different parts of our life, but people will worry more about other parts, like our economy. Our environment is undoubtedly the most important part of our lives, but we take advantage of it and don’t use it for our advantage as well as we could. Through the use of renewable, clean energy we can maximize the efficiency of our daily processes and improve the overall condition of the environment around us. 

            In the video, the first point that stood out to me was the extensive use of solar energy, a renewable clean energy source, as a method of completing our daily processes and activities. Since it is available to everyone and the technology for harnessing solar power had been available for decades it is the most practical and probable strategy for improving our environment and in the long run helping our economy. By using solar energy instead of petroleum companies will, in the end, increase their economic efficiency while saving money and helping the environment. Through the use of negative feedback loops, or energy circuits win which one action benefits and increases the production of the next step, we can use our own wastes to provide for our own well being on the other end of the loop. Like the example of the cardboard to eventually produce caviar in the video, we can apply this same strategy to our consumption of energy. Solar, nuclear and geothermal energy are all examples of negative feedback loops that could potentially benefit our efforts to improve our environment in the future. By using the energy released by our own surroundings, we are taking advantage of things provided for us and in turn, we will supply our own energy through the wastes we put into the ground. The more wastes we deposit, the more energy will be provided for us in the future. For example, our trash fertilizes the soil, the soil supplies plants and animals with nutrients, and eventually we consume the plants and animals. As you can see, the use of renewable clean energy and the implementation of negative feedback loops will eventually lead to a better standard of living for us all.