Environmental impact of new technology

             Environmental Impact of New Technology
             Things like SUV's and Jumbo Jets may be a good thing now, why they get us around from place to place very quickly. But from using these "modern" conveniences we are actually harming the environment. The pollutants released from these and many other machines are depleting the world's supply of Oils and gasoline, burning these "fossil fuels" is also damaging the environment. The air is becoming polluted and harder to breathe; clean water supplies are becoming less clean! Many producers of such products won't fess up to the environmental damage they are undoubtedly causing. While these effects are not as sever as the original factories of the world we are still feeling these effects. If an alternate source of power is not found soon the world as we know it may very well end.
             With the innovation of machines to help us do work things have gotten much better for the workers, or have they? Many machines also do the jobs of assembly line workers much efficiently and without pay thus depriving many people of jobs they used to support there families with. These new machines don't have unions or require pay, everything they need to keep going can be found in a tool kit. If this trend continues many more people could be without jobs and living on the streets.
             A recent problem within our business society has been scandals. Enron, Martha Stewart, and any other instances of inside trading have been popping more and more. What was the cause? Money, the driving factor behind business was the cause for this criminal offence. But why get greedy when you already have it all? Many of these cases come from people that already have a large house and enough money to buy a small island with. But why won't they settle at that? The burning desire to have it all must have poured through and eventually drive
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