Think Environment Act Development

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the environment. According to David Hunter, demand for a better environment is “income elastic,” meaning that enhanced living standard and increased income will induce more interest and effort to the creation of a better environment. The openness ensures efficient means of establishing economic development and wealth. The power of the “invisible hand” in market stimulates an economic circulation, which in turn, maximizes “comparative advantage” and “economies of scale.” In my perspective, such openness and wealth creation is crucial, in the case of the countries of the third world. About 40 percent of the world’s population still depends on conventional forms of fuels such as dung or wood, which is known to produce the largest amount of toxic elements. The indoor pollution created by such forms of fuel has caused severe health problems, especially to women and children who spend most of their time at home. Such level of pollution is unknown to the developed countries. According to a doctor in North West India, the vast majority of medical problems in the least developed countries are brought by undeveloped environment, not by ‘modern luxuries’ of gas or electricity. Contamination caused by insufficient development cannot be alleviated by further conservation. It will only exacerbate existing pollution and health problems of nearly the half of the world. In this context,...