Machines will analyse and come up with solutions for environmental problems, such as infrastructure and design, that humans couldn't possibly conceive, for example.
Talk of giving up consumerism is reminiscent of Stephen Emmott's favourite example of a fashionable pseudo-solution for environmental problems: peeing while you're in the shower.
Shale gas exploitation has been blamed for environmental problems in the US, including water, ground and air pollution and leaks of methane.
Even so, Friedman's focus on technical fixes for environmental problems is closer to reality than mainstream green thinking, which clings to a utopian faith in political transformation.
In a time of wild globalisation, our best hope may be that new technologies will be developed which enable technical fixes to be found for environmental problems that have proved to be politically insoluble.
The officer, Mike Susi of the Westchester County police, noticed a strange shadow on Wednesday as he was flying over the Edith G. Read Natural Park and Wildlife Sanctuary, next to Playland Amusement Park, checking for environmental problems.
President Xi Jinping is trying to make greenery more important by saying officials will be held responsible for environmental problems in an area, even after they have been promoted out of it.So far, though, tinkering with the promotion system has not worked.
"When visitors look at our countryside and our waterways, they are struck by how free they are of plastic bottles and the detritus of modern life," he said, adding that it was unfair to place most of the blame for environmental problems on the agriculture industry.
This chapter discusses the role played by litigation and forensic engineers in finding solutions for environmental problems.
In these two comments the treatment for environmental problems and 'biology' are similar; the individual can be helped to modify his/her behaviour.
