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7. A sustainable yield is
a. the average rate at which a renewable resource can be used without reducing its available supply.
b. the lowest rate at which a nonrenewable resource can be used without reducing its available supply.
c. the highest rate at which a nonrenewable resource can be used without reducing its available supply.
d. the highest rate at which a renewable resource can be used without reducing its available supply.
e. the lowest rate at which a renewable resource can be used without reducing its available supply.
ANSWER: d
13. The most effective new effort to prevent the "tragedy of the commons" might include
a. using common-property resources at or above their sustainable yields.
b. using shared resources at rates below their estimated sustainable yields.
c. moving from a users pay approach to a taxpayers pay approach.
d. deregulating industries that use common-property resources.
e. increasing public availability to resources.
ANSWER: b
THE SCANDAL.
THE CLAIMS.
“If you would ‘secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our
posterity,’ there must be some place reserved in which, and upon
which, posterity can exist. What will the blessings of liberty be worth
to posterity if you give up the country to the Chinese? If China is to
be the breeding-ground for peopling this country, what chance of
American posterity? We of this age hold this land in trust for our race
and kindred. We hold republican government and free institutions in
trust for American posterity. That trust ought not to be betrayed. If
the Chinese should invade the Pacific coast with arms in their hands,
what a magnificent spectacle of martial resistance would be
presented to a startled world! The mere intimation of an attempt to
make conquest of our western shore by force would rouse the nation
to a frenzy of enthusiasm in its defense. For years a peaceful, sly,
strategic conquest has been in progress, and American
statesmanship has been almost silent, until the people have
demanded action.
“The land which is being overrun by the oriental invader is the
fairest portion of our heritage. It is the land of the vine and the fig
tree; the home of the orange, the olive, and the pomegranate. Its