There Is No Way to Technology. Technology Is The Way

I say that technology will have to save us because nothing else really can. Like I said in my last post, how else are we going to figure out or solve our environmental problems? If technology is knowledge and the production of means to apply said knowledge, then technology has to be the answer to how we are going to save the planet. We need technological progress to gain knowledge on how to fix the environment, and then we need to produce methods and means to execute the solution. What this means in environmental terms is that different technologies need to be applied to limit and/or reverse human’s impact. For example, alternative energies to fossil fuels which overtime can decrease carbon emissions.

The story of stratospheric ozone depletion is further evidence that technology can save us. It points out another helpful aspect of technology: recognition. Without technological progress, we would not have even realized that we were destroying the ozone in the first place. We then learned the causes of ozone depletion, and came up with new technology that did not harm the ozone layer. (Such as building household appliances without CFCs) Of course one could say that with out technology the problem wouldn’t exist in the first place, but do you expect us to just live in the Stone Age forever? Humans are progressive peoples, and with conscious technological development, we can progress in an environmentally friendly way.