Plan B 4.0 (Preface/Chapter 1)

“The first trend of concern is population growth.” (Brown 5)

I believe that population is a problem we are all facing. With the added growth of population, the environment continues to suffer. More people equals more consumption, more erosion, and more irrigation problems. Certain areas of the world are becoming overly populated and we never choose to use these individuals as an asset for the environment, instead we hurt it more. With an increase in population also comes more automobiles, which pollutes the air. When I was younger, everyone rode their bike to school on Earth Day to try to make a statement and show how a small change can help pollution. Population growth is a large concern as more resources are being used to satisfy mankind and balance out the number of people.

https://www.populationmedia.org/2011/04/01/good-cartoon/

“As the number of failing states grows, dealing with various international crises becomes more difficult.” (Brown 23)  

I do not believe that international crises become more difficult with the increasing number of failing states. I think individuals or governments lacking peacefulness affects the way international troubles are worked out. If more people agreed on economic progress, the flow of raw materials, politics, and maintaining resources, then crises would be minimized. Failing states may not help the problem, but they are not the only thing tied to international difficulty. If more individuals agreed on finding a way to better their society then complication would be diminished. Cooperation is the key to dealing with obstacles that may stand in the way, and international crises can be subsided with this small idea.     

http://www.en.idpi.ba/

“One of the little noticed characteristics of land acquisitions is that they are also water acquisitions.” (Brown 11)

This statement is hard to comprehend because it’s tough to envision land acquisitions being directly related with water acquisitions. Why would water be a purchase characteristic of land? The only thing that may make sense is when you purchase a piece of land, you also get the water resources on that land. This would connect the two ideas and make them interchangeable. Some pieces of land may be irrigated with a river by it, or even fed by rain. For example, if you acquired land in Africa by the Congo River then that would be included with helping irrigation. This statement seems to be a little confusing and hard to understand how two separate acquisitions are characteristics of each other.

http://www.alwt.org/whatwedo/landacquisition.shtml