Sustainable Development Developing New Technologies

Sustainable Development At the rate humans are living now, the wasteful ways that we live with. This is not sustainable. As we develop as a human species and as we develop new technologies, as we have been doing for the past hundreds of years, we not come to a point we are starting to see the negative effect that our unsustainable ways are effecting our ecosystem, of economic market, and our future population. Now there is a push to start producing product and creating energy in more â€Å"green† and sustainable way. As humans have developed in the 20th and the 21 century, it has become clear that fossil fuels are driving not only our economy, but also our cars. And with our unsustainable ways, when the fossil fuels reservoirs dry up, not only†¦show more content†¦Fossil fuels are created from the natural plants and animals decomposed millions of years ago deep into the ground. But because of the length of time it takes to create fossil fuels naturally, it is a non re newable resource. As we use this fuel to drive our car, we also use these fossil fuels to heat our homes and even being used to make our plastics items. We cannot live without these fossil fuels, but at the rate we use it today, we do not have much of a choice. â€Å"The most obvious environmental impact from the oil and gas industry is the burning of oil, which releases several smog- causing pollutants and greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming.† Subsequently, the process used to drill the oil and gas from the ground is hazardous to the ecosystem as oil spills are common and happen far too frequently. An example of the an oil spill harming our ecosystem is back in April of 2010 when a BP oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded and sank leaving the well surging with oil into the gulf. 87 days later by the time the well was capped, an estimated 3.9 million barrels had already leaked into the gulf, and harming the ecosystem. â€Å"There were some immediate impacts t o the animals of the Gulf of Mexico that could be seen with the naked eye: pelicans black with oil, fish belly-up in brown sludge, smothered turtles washed up on beaches.† Even some animal had been change forever because of the spill. â€Å"There were some reports of deformed wildlife after the spill. For years