Technology and Environment

I would like to take the first part question: will technology save us? Why, or why not? and meaning of technology in terms of environment.

I would say technology will be a helpful development tool or investment to improve our environment in the long run. The first thing I came up with when I heard technology in environment was Kiznet's curve that we talked about in the second week of class. When people just started developing technology, they destroyed environmental quality more rather than improve it, and this happened because people did not know how to use technology well. However, at the particular point, they eventually could improve quality of environment more because of technology development, regulations or rules taken by government, and changing values and norms toward environment issues. The changing of norms and regulations would come first to connect technology development , but technology development is a part of factor of improvment of environment situation.
I believe that technology development will improve more to help us because technology would never go back. There are many countries which are still underdeveloped, and those countries could learn the developmet path which developed countries already experienced, but this means in positive way, learning from past failures. From developed countries's experience, underdevelop countries can take more greener actions for environment movement by technology development which is already developed by developed countries. In order to take the right path, the policy or regulation would be a key factor to motivate people to go greener.
In recent years, many environmental policies/ regulations and norms/ concept published, and technology often uses in order to achive these goals. For example, Corporation Social Responsibility(CSR) is the concept which private firms or corporations should not aim only own interest, but also need to achieve social responsibirities such as protection of environmental issues. This concept imposes on firms to improve the cause of environmental destruction such as reduction of CO2 emissions , and many firms utilize technology to achieve this responsibilities. In addition to that, eco business appeared like renewable energy and productions, those are impossible to achieve without technology develoment. Therefore, I believe that technology will work in positive, and achieve great improvement to environmental situation.