Appropriate Technology

Appropriate Technology has been designed with exceptional contemplation to the ethical, cultural, environmental, social, and economic characteristics of the people living a community in which the technology is proposed for. As a result of this goal in mind, appropriate technology advocate a claim that its methods require a smaller quantity of resources that are easy to maintain and have less adverse effects on the environment and social ethics when compare to the more advance technologies. Furthermore, appropriate technology usually describes uncomplicated technologies proponents reflect on suitable for use in developing countries and less industrialized nations. Besides that, appropriate technology further consider the use of labor-intensive instead of capital even though devices that save labor are use but they are not high cost and require less cost of maintenance. The following sections will discuss some of the ways we can best practices appropriate technology in today

For example, in the United States appropriate technology is often link to the balance growth with the apprehension to the environment. With this concern in mind, they tense to be environmentally friendly by going “green” which mean using renewable energy. Renewable energy simply means that the source of the energy will always be available and can be replenished. Moving toward the use of renewable energy has been found to very beneficial in several ways. Some of the ways in which renewable energy is beneficial are it is cost-effective, it helps to improve the energy in our homes, and could cut the nation’s energy use up to about two-third within a year. Renewable energy industries generate energy using resources such as the wind, water, and the organic matter....

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...vance technologies of various types why other do not. How can we eliminate this gap among humankind? To solve the problem of technology equal distribution, we have to take a look at the various available technologies themselves. There should be more access with better opportunities for people across the globe. Therefore, the developed countries such as the United States and other European countries should strive to share their idea with developing countries so that we can have equal distribution technology. Furthermore, we should be careful of the application of all this appropriate technology. It is true that integrated pest management help to control the adverse effects of pests on crops however, if the introduction of other insects to control pests may become pests themselves and cause damage to crops. Besides that, it takes time to initiate than spraying pests.