Future directions: Ecology or technology? 20915 · 6
EXERCISEReading for details For each of the following sentences, choose the correct answer
to ill in the blank.- The Limits to Growth was written by.
a. Alex Colville
b. Herman Daly
c. Donella Meadows, Jørgen Randers, Dennis Meadows, and William W. Behrens III - The conclusions set down in The Limits to Growth were conirmed by.
a. the Club of Rome
b. the Australian Commonwealth Scientiic and Industrial Research Organization
c. the Brundtland Commission - In 2000, humanity had already overshot the planet’s carrying capacity by
.
a. 2 percent
b. 12 percent
c. 20 percent - World3 is a.
a. computer model
b. book
c. painting - The Limits to Growth presented diferent scenarios for the future of
the planet.
a. 12
b. 10
c. 3 - Overshoot is caused by.
a. pollution
b. exponential growth
c. political indecision
Indicate which of the following statements are true (T ) and which are false (F).
- The Limits to Growth predicted global collapse by the end of the twentieth century.
- The Limits to Growth was published out of humanitarian concerns.
- Sustainable growth means zero growth and economic stagnation.
- Politicians and industrialists embraced the indings of The Limits to Growth.
- The Limits to Growth suggested that it was possible for humanity to avoid collapse.
- The Limits to Growth has been updated twice.