Climactic indicators are excellent examples of humanity's misuse of technoscience. One such indicator is global temperature. It displays the results of the burning of fossil fuels and the release of nitrous oxides into the atmosphere. Production of coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear power each expanded by 1 percent in 1995 (Brown, 16). Globally, the ten warmest years out of the last 130 have all occurred in the eighties and nineties (Brown, 15). These figures demonstrate that humanity is not effectively controlling and limiting its use of fossil fuels. As a result, acid rain falls upon the earth destroying what is left of the planet's forests and, an estimated 37 percent of the fish species tha

Population growth is slowing in some country's, but for the wrong reasons. In Russia, the combination of economic deterioration and environmental pollution has raised death rates, while a loss of hope in the future has lowered birth rates (Brown, 19). In Zimbabwe, births still exceed deaths, but by much less than a few years ago because AIDS related deaths are increasing. Beneficial applications of technoscience could be used in the above cases to improve social situation by introducing greater population control methods and by helping to control the AIDS epidemic.

Society should have a greater role at the decision making step. Those who might be directly affected by technological developments might not be so quick to accept or decline a development for economic reasons. Technoscientists could then put greater focus on improving the lives of those who are affected by their developments. In order for the world to benefit from technoscience, humanity must learn to use it correctly and with foresight. Current climactic, global economic, social, and energy related indicators show that the earth is deteriorating from humanity's overall misuse of technoscience. Changes must be made in political and economic situations related to technoscientific development. If changes are not made, the decline in global quality of life will proceed as rapidly as technological development now advances.

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