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How can engineers preserve, enhance and protect the natural world?
describe the value engineers can bring to our society to preserve, enhance and protect the natural world. We as a species will use the environment. We must improve our understanding and stewardship of our natural resources. What are ways engineers can best achieve this mission.
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- rutgersgroupLv 41 decade agoFavorite Answer
Engineers already do.
When they design a object, a building, a circuit, a system, they are making a product or service that uses a minimal amount of resources. The resources being time, money, and physical materials.
Society governs what and how something is made. Society must be willing to pay for products and services that achieve its needs.
Cheers and good luck!
- oil field trashLv 71 decade ago
I agree with Rutgersgroup, if an engineer does the job properly, they optimize each aspect of the task at hand.
I don't think it is an engineers job to enhance nature. Not that I'm sure what you mean by that statement. The best we can hope to do it not harm it.
- MithrandirLv 41 decade ago
A chemical engineer could design a nuclear reactor which would supply energy safely, inexpensively and easily replenished. The amount of waste generated per kilowatt hour is hugely more beneficial than other means.
