Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Activity 6.3 Question

How do the inhabitants of different countries (specifically more developed and less developed) use materials and energy?

23 comments:

Christine Jackson said...

Different countries need and use vastly different amounts of fuel. For example, a less developed country uses less fuel because it does not necessarily have cars, televisions, and other items that need fuel to run. They use plant products, such as woven baskets, and animal energy, for plowing and food. This is unlike countries such as the U.K. or the U.S. who use immense amounts of fuel.

Christopher Noda said...

Inhabitants of different countries need to use different fuels because some are not as developed as others. Rich countries like the U.S and Japan use fossil fuels, and oil for fuel, while less developed countries like Ethiopia and Cuba need to use little to none energy possible. Some of the more developed countries will be able to get more advanced materials. For example a metal pot instead of a homemade wood pot. Therefore we can determine the more developed a country is the more fuel, and energy it will be able to use. Also advance itself in materials as well.

Parker Harrington said...

The inhabitants of lesser developed countries have less technologically advanced resources because they have less money to invest in them, so they turn to natural resources. When they use natural resources they don't have to use so much energy which causes less carbon dioxide emissions. More developed countries have more resources and use them excessively such as cars, computers, airplanes and televisions. TO BE CONTINUED.....

Parker Harrington said...

All of these things emit more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, causing heating of the earth and its surface temperature.

Gyde Lund said...

Many countries that are developed or less developed have different ways of using energy and materials. For example: the U.K. had many processed and manufactured goods and materials. Mali only had goods that were made by themselves with their own materials. The more developed countries also have more lights, cars, and devices that use electricity or fossil fuels. The point is that developed countries use energy for many things they own. Less developed countries don't use energy, except for human energy, and maybe some chemical energy. The have no mechanical devices that use energy. So, developed counties use a lot of energy for many things. Less developed countries use hardly any, if any, energy besides their own energy.

Gowri said...

The inhabitiants of different countries use different materials and amounts energy because of the varying availability of technology, such as cars and other energy consuming items, such as washing machines. More developed countries use a wide range of materials, while people in less developed countries use items that are locally available. For example, the people in Mali have dirt floors and walls and clay pots, while some of the more wealthy people in America get marble or granite imported from places like Italy for floors.

Jametria Wright said...

Inhabitants of different countries use materials and energy vastly different because they require different things and depending on the area that they live it, somethings aren't always available. More developed countries are usually located further away from the equator because people living there need more things. In winter, the more developed countries get hit harder with snow, ice, and the many different things that happen in that area. So, naturally they would need things that would help ease their discomfort during that time, and more things will become more available as time goes on. That's why more developed countries have numerous things like heating, generators, etc. They might be pricey, but in difficult times we need them so we have no choice but to spend money on those luxury items. And since we buy those luxury items they do use a lot of energy. For example, the United States uses more non-renewable energy than any other country, but we don't like to look at the hidden cost. The cheaper the better in our country, or so that what our government thinks. We use more energy than we need in this country because we don't feel like anything bad is going to happen, and I don't think that we're going to change that anytime soon. In contrast, less developed countries can only use the things that are available to them. They don't have the option of having excess materials and overusing energy. Most of their energy is human labor, which is opposite to more developed countries. Less developed countries don't have as many job opportunities available, which might be a source to their restriction to materials and energy. They usually make the things that they need, and the materials they make them out of are wood, ceramic, clay, mud, etc. All of those things can be found around them, and they are sustainable.

DeAnna said...

Less developed countries and developed countries have inhabitants that have different standards of living. Less developed countries usually have a lower education status, lower job opportunities, less crops, etc. These less developed countries use less materials that are unnecessary such as TVs or cars. They're materials are usually things that will help them survive: necessities. They use less energy too. The more developed countries that have a higher education status and more people have jobs. They tend to use more energy and materials that may not be necessary.

Erin Holiday said...

The inhabitants of more developed countries vs. less developed countries differ in their material and energy consumption mainly because of their different economic statuses. Less developed countries are not economically rich and therefore cannot afford the technological advances that more developed countries can. Since today’s technology, such as electricity and heating, are mainly run by the combustion of fossil fuels (non-renewable resources that include coal, natural gas and petroleum,) less developed countries are perceived as more sustainable. They also appear more sustainable because they cannot afford to import foods and other goods. They are generally locavores (people who only eat locally grown foods and produce.) Less developed countries tend to use materials that are cheaper and renewable, such as locally grown crops. Inhabitants of less developed countries do not have access to power lines, so most of their energy comes from human and animal labor (chemical, to mechanical, to thermal energy.) More developed countries do the opposite by importing just about everything. Take the U.S. for example; it imports food, clothing, building materials and other various items. More developed countries use the combustion of fossil fuels to heat and cool their homes, and get electricity for their homes instead of doing without these luxuries like the less developed countries. Inhabitants of less developed countries appear to use more local and sustainable materials and energies as opposed to those inhabitants of more developed countries.

Lucy Lloyd said...

The inhabitants of more developed and less developed countries vary in their use of material and energy mainly because of where they stand economically. In a less developed country, there are not many resources (specifically technologic) and therefore, they must more heavily rely on themselves and for instance, animals. In less developed countries, where there is a lot of farming, the inhabitants may use animals as a source of mechanical energy; moving heavy things and helping out the crops. People who have much less resources than others find other ways to accomplish what they need to survive. In more developed countries, there are many more CO2 emissions. This is simply because the inhabitants of these countries have the available resources to make life easy for them. This is why many more developed countries are looked at as having a much less sustainable way of living. When people have available technology, they will use it and there is no limit to how much they use it. Televisions, computers, cars, airplanes (etc) are all examples of devices that countries such as the United States value; not because they are necessities, but because they make living and traveling more convenient and enjoyable. Countries like the US also import many goods which is not sustainable in itself, simply shipping those goods to the US adds many more CO2 emissions into the atmosphere. Less developed and more developed countries use many different materials and energy that vary in both value and sustainability.

jsmith said...

Inhabitants of differnt countries use materirals in energy if differnt or more sustainable ways depened on if that countrie is more or less developed. In more developed countries more materials and energy are used because more things are required to live a comfortable life. Unfortunately more CO2 and green house gases are given of in these types of environments with a high per capita encome or in other terms a higher social economic status than in less developed countries. Countries that are less developed have less avalible resources and they do not live as comfortablely, these countries also produce less CO2 and greenhouse gases because of there limited resources and need for survival. The ihabitants of more developed countries are less of the problem with the worlds environmental problem than more developed countries, but at least the more developed countries relize the environmental issues and can chage the course in which the environment is headed.

anellore said...

All of the different countries in the world use some kind of energy and materials. Less developed countries use a lot less energy and more rarely than more developed countries. An example of this would be countries like Mali and Ethiopia. Mali almost never uses electrical energy because they don't have TV's or appliances like more developed countries do. They also don't have cars. Instead, they use mechanical energy. By mechanical, I mean their own bodies. They walk everywhere. When they cook, they cook over an open fire, and it requires human labor. They also build their own houses(This is only in Mali, many less developed countries like India have cars and use electricity). In more developed countries, such as the United States, they use all the appliances on an everyday basis, which uses a lot of energy. We also watch a lot of TV, which also adds to the amount of energy we use. We drive cars, and in the United States especially, we virtually don't walk anywhere. We also build much bigger homes using bulldozers and machines. We also use human labor though.

elcondie said...

Inhabitants from different countries use materials and energy in ways different from each other. This is because people in less developed countries may use materials more sustainable to the enviroment like more natural materials and less energy because they may not have the accesability or the money to pay for items that are electrical and that use alot energy and emmit Carbon Dioxide into the air. Less Developed countries also may use natural substances to make certain objects. For instance, they may use wood and mud to make a mortar and pestle for grinding grain and other things. However, in a more developed country they could just go to the grocery store and buy a factory made blender which would be used for the same purpose but would use alot more energy and would not be as sustainable. Overall both the less and more developed countries use what they have in different ways.

mmann said...

The Inhabitants of more and less developed countries use materials and energy differently. In a more developed country people use energy for everything such as lighting a room or taking a hot shower or watching TV. They use materials like some fabric as a sheet or maybe a window curtain. People in less developed countries sometimes don't use electricity at all. So to heat or light a room they make a fire and if they want warm water they have to use the fire to warm it. They use materials to make shelters and as blankets and clothes.

Suzie said...

The inhabitants of different countries use materials and energy that is available to them (whether I mean available as in their country, or available as in if they have enough money to pay for it).More developed countries have the money to pay for essentially anything. Less developed countries only have money for what they need. Materials used by people in more developed countries are imported from areas around the globe, and most of these materials are unnecessary (cars, fossil fuels, etc.) Technology has allowed people in mre developed countries to live life so it is "convenient" for them. Energy is wasted on such technology, wheter the technology is being used to import unimportant goods, or to travel a short distance. Electrical energy and chemical energy (fossil fuels) are the most used forms of energy daily in developed country, according to the statistics from Activity 6.3. This is not a very sustainable way of living, because if these materials run out, or the fossil fuels used in everyday life run out, the people in more developed countries will be clueless on how to do everyday chores. Materials that are available to the people of less developed countries are used out of necessity (housing, tables, bowls. etc.) These materials are not imported; there might not be enough money to import items. Less developed countries are less technologically developed as well as less economically developed. Less developed countries don't depend on technology as much as more developed countries do. By not depending on other items than organic materials and renewable resources, less developed countries are more sustainable. According to the statistics from Activity 6.3, human labor is the most common use of energy in everyday life.

copalmer said...

Inhabitants of different countries use materials and energy by the way it is available. What I mean is that if inhabitants in a certain country have resources, they will use them. That is why more developed countries, like the U.S. and the UK are among the highest energy users, because they have the energy available. Although more developed countries could be more sustainable, they are only making their own lives better by using resources that are readily available.

Mr. Wilson said...

Then how do you explain the fact that we import approximately 60% of our crude oil, petroleum? If we only use the energy available, the US would "get by" on the roughly 8 million barrels of oil per day that we produce. Instead, we import an additional 12 million barrels per day. Is this sustainable? Why or why not?

ewroten said...

Less developed contries such as Mali can not afford energy such as electrisity or materials that use electrisity so they do not use as much materials that require energy. But developed countries such as the United Kindom can afford materials that use energy like elctrisity and can use it to access. So in conclusion more developed contries can afford a lot of energy and use a lot as well. Less develped countries do not use a lot of energ becasue they can not afford it and it is also unavaluble to them

tstratton said...

Inhabitants of different countries use materials and energy differently. On one hand, countries that are classified as less developed do not enjoy a lot of the luxuries that we do, and must perform required activities in different ways. However, countries that are more developed tend to import more goods, overuse their limited resources, and cause harm to their environment.
For less developed countries, they use materials that are easily available to them, whether it is a hand-woven shirt, clay pots, or woven baskets. These materials all perform the same job that materials we buy can, but they certainly have a hidden costs significantly cheaper than the same products bought by the more developed countries. Less developed countries also tend to avoid complicated ways of transferring energy from one form to another, therefore leaving a lot of available energy for everyone.
For more developed countries, such as the US and UK, they use a lot of imported goods, waste a lot of energy on luxuries.
All in all, both countries use goods for the same purpose, but others, typically less developed countries, use more local resources and items created by themselves.

cebeling said...

Less developed countries tend to use what they have around them (aka in their environment). They are definently more sustainable than more developed countries. For example, they use clay from the creek right next to their house, as opposed to using bricks that have been flown 100 miles to get to the plot of land. This is more sustainable because they are not using any fossil fuels at all when using the clay. When using the bricks, lots of fossil fuels are used because the bricks went on a plane and they were driven to the house by a truck. Less developed countries use less unsustainable materials because they don't have the resources (money) to get anything else. Since more developed countries do have the resources to do this, we have the responsibility to make the sustainable choice, which might not be the easiest or the most convinent. More developed countries need to make the more sustainable choice because we are going to be the ones that pay for our choices in the years to come.

Foster Bundy said...

Replying to Mr. Wilson's question, The U.S. already produces 8 barrels a day of oil so why do they need to import 12 additional barrels from other countries? It is because are oil is so poorly used and it eventually is wasted on the environment anyways. This is not sustainable because the oil which is one of the world's most precious resources is being used day in and day out which eventually could mean no more oil. After all, the U.S. basically bathes in oil because how much oil it takes just to get to the United States. It is not sustainable to have oil imported from some other poor country when we waste most of it.

copalmer said...

Answering Mr. Wilson's comment, it's not sustainable to use more oil than you need, but it is sustainable to use the resources you already have. If the U.S. gets by on 8 million barrels a day, why do we need more? The U.S. should only use the oil we need, not the oil we are able to by.

Patrick Corcoran said...

A more developed country will be a country that is more technologically and economically rich, while a less delveloped country is technologically and econmically poor. Therefore a more develped country will have more money to spend on things like oil or coal, while a less delveloped country will not have that kind of money. That is one reason why the U.S. produces so much CO2, because we are very wealthy and we spend our money on fossil fuels. On the other hand, less delveloped countries have to rely on materials that do not cost much and materials that they can obtain easily. These materials might be handmade using resources that are greatly available to the people. Since more delevolped countries also technologically rich, they will most likely produce more energy. Usually the more adavanced technology gets, the more the cost of energy gets. Think about it; which uses more energy, a stove or a fire pit. All in all, more delveloped countries usually use materials that cost more and use more energy, while less delveloped countries use materials that the can obtain energy and they usally do not use a lot of energy.