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PLANNING AHEAD: The International Effects of Technology Nuclear technology has been around since the middle of the Twentieth Century; masterminded under intense global military pressures, nuclear technology raises many questions about the value of a technology that has the capability to render the planet unfit for human occupation. The secret race to divide nature into its most miniscule components the result of which created a tremendous source of previously unknown energy, has characterized our short …

…together as a whole to solve these problems of nuclear armament, air pollution, global warming and environmental degradation. Since the industrial, consumer nations have been responsible for the most damage by the technology we created; we must hold ourselves accountable for creating solutions that over time will restore our global ecosystem. Future international consensus on the development and use of new technology and on responsibility for the environment may one day save us from ourselves.