Economic growth is more important than Ecological protection

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Monu kumar said:   9 years ago
Hi guys,

This is Monu.

As per my opinion, both are same & equal because both are attached to each other, yes economy growth leads to the development of the standard of the living of people. Suppose guys if have to live in corruption, a polluted environment so why we can not say both are equal yes we can say both attached.

Like, if we want to achieve to higher and long run economic goals. So we will have to do by simultaneously in a planned way.

And another thing is that, if we want to grow the economy, for that we have to need growth in ecology.

I have two examples like.

- Japan have one best economic structure and poor ecological structure.

- USA which has maintained both economy growth and ecological protection also, and the USA is clean and development & powerful one.

Yes, it's true that economic growth is more important because if an economy is developed then the mind of people is developed too. Economic growth is related towards the development of the country.
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Samir said:   9 years ago
Hello Friends,

I strongly believe that economic growth and ecological protection can be achieved simultaneously.

With the help of individual, organization and government ecological protection can be achieved.

Every building/ construction should be surrounded by trees. Roof can be covered with solar device to fulfil some extent of energy need.

Government should promote environmental organization by financial assistance. Municipal corporation should develop new garden in city and better water distribution system.

Economic means using less resources to increase productivity. Transportation vehicles should be developed and modified such that they produce less or negligible air pollution. (Use BS IV engine).

Nowadays we are realized that both are important. One can better understand from example of Delhi and Shanghai. Because of bad air quality school were shut down.

Paris climate deal is another evidence to support my claim that both are very important for us.
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Amit said:   8 years ago
First of all, it is necessary to understand what does economic growth and ecological growth signifies. Economic growth is the increase of a country's productive capacity, as measured by comparing gross national product (GNP) in a year with the GNP of a previous year. Increase in capital stock, advancement in technology and improvement in the quality and level of studies are the principal causes of economic growth. Ecological growth is saving the environment from getting polluted by growing trees, controlling pollution making items.

Economic growth is important because third world countries have huge poverty level and economic growth through industrialization is the only panacea. But with an increase in economic growth will also lead to more emission of harmful gases, wastes from industries that will damage the environment.

So, the only way is sustainable development. Economic growth should be sustainable ecological ly in order to protect the environment.
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Kunjal said:   8 years ago
I refute the statement that economic growth is more important than ecological protection. Although both are important, ecological protection is far more significant and crucial than economic growth. Protection of ecology is analogous to the protection of our own existence. The Mother Earth is ailing as a result of destruction and imbalance caused by the human beings. The earth has enough to satisfy everyone's needs but not anyone's greed. The need of ecological protection should be felt by each and every person on this planet. As far as economic growth is concerned, economic growth is just an approximate. A high economic growth does not mean welfare of the people. It is more related to increase in output. There is a trade-off between economic growth and ecological protection as more economic growth would also mean deterioration of the environment. A proper balance needs to be maintained so that economic growth is not at the cost of ecological degradation.
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Anoop AK said:   9 years ago
Economy and ecology are important now. But Ecology is the Former and economy is the latter.

Our great earth has the ability to be refresh itself when the bad elements are increasing beyond a level It cleans itself using rain, wind, sunlight and of course snow. It maintains a rhythm in the ecology and it is the base of the life in earth.

But, when the level of the game is changing upward else more vicious, quantity of wastes and bad elements increases. More clearly we made or earth poisonous. For cleaning it, the earth takes more powerful tools. They are floods, cyclones and dangerous Global warming!. Maybe the cleaning will effectively take place but it will clean everything including the guilty "HUMAN BEINGS" consisting you, me, our achievements, empires, greed, love, passion, and everything we possess.

Nothing is going to happen if we understand those things, but as we all know humans are not going to change. One day the end of world will happen.
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Dan Braff said:   8 years ago
Economic growth does not have to come at the expense of the environment. Sustainable technologies are also extremely beneficial to the economy.

For example, the solar industry has employed over 500,000 people in the last few years. In the same time period, the coal industry has produced less than 100,000 permanent jobs. New technologies such as hybrid and electric cars provide much more opportunity for economic and environmental growth then all technologies like less fuel of fission, and more polluting cars using only the internal combustion engine to burn gas.

The same is true for every technology that uses renewable energy instead of dirty fossil fuels. The economy grows more, less resources are used, the environment is saved and more energy efficient product is produced.

Therefore, it's really a false question. Economic growth only truly happens with sustainable technologies, which promote both environmental growth AND environmental projections.
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Sharan Randhawa said:   8 years ago
Economic progress of a country is the most important aspect of any progressive nation. Developing countries like our own are devising number of ways to boost its economy. Though economic growth is of utmost importance yet in the vogue of economic development ecology cannot be ignored altogether. Both these things go hand in hand for the betterment of a healthy and progressive nation. If the ecological balance is disturbed by carrying on hazardous economic activities it will cause a havoc in the environment.

These two things are two faces of the same coin, one could not work without the other. The need of the hour is to evolve such economic friendly schemes which will boost the overall development of a nation at every level. Strict laws should be made for the offenders and the present laws should be implemented and amended accordingly.

It is important to keep a balance in ecology because otherwise the whole human race would be in danger.
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Sravan said:   4 months ago
So what is economic growth and ecology, why are they important, economic growth helps us to create more jobs, makes us prosperous, increases our quality of life,

Ecology on the other hand, is very vital for human life to sustain on this planet, either by land, soil, water, air, etc, it impacts us directly,

So when there is economic growth it makes rise to new inventions, technological advancements, in some cases it can be in the interst of environment, for example how to wash clothes with less water, how to create new transport without pollution etc, so economic growth has that potential, but if we take that seriously and proceed with rapid economic growth by keeping the in stake the ecology then it won't cause good for us, we see in this world today how humans get affected by floods, heat waves, global warming etc, this inturn can cause even more economic damage,

So the solution should be a right balance between both.
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T. Sengupta said:   9 years ago
Ecological protection will help our children get a level playing field that previous generations have had. Economic growth will help to improve our lifestyles now and for the future. Since all living creatures strive for continuity and development, giving our children a pollution free world is as important as improving their lifestyles.

If we do not bother about the rampant destruction of forests that purify our air and give us a chance to breathe freely because it is far away from us, if ecology protection was totally eliminated, sooner or later we'd begin to breathe polluted air. Similarly, if there was no economic growth, we'd continue to reside in the dark ages with lack of education and disregard for health hazards with traditional systems that would slowly choke our next generation into a state of perpetual underdevelopment.

For continuity of our breed and its development, therefore, both are equally important.
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Bhagwat raut said:   9 years ago
My opinion, ecological protection is more important than economic growth. We should aware about today's scenario in summer season the temperature goes to 46-47 degree. And this is not good for country as well as world. We listen every year about global warming and try to take some steps towards but after passing the the summer we forget that all care about environment and the global warming. The economic growth is also dependent on ecological growth so protection of ecological growth is more important as compare to the economic growth. Economic growth is dependent on ecological growth is the following aspect. Today our fields production is not so good due to unsatisfied environmental conditions. So this is the direct loss for farmers and the country too. As my point of view, we need to care about our environment and ecological system and try to grow at least one tree by one person and take care of that plant.
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