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Posted on March 24, 2014 by wesleyyun

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My picture really is just a teleportation device. But this is just one aspect of travel. What I am really interested is super fast travel. As we advance into the future, transportation is certainly a field that we need to drastically improve if we wish to survive the earth. I think it is amazing that traveling across the world takes less than a day whereas in the past, people would take months. This time-space compression is a trend that we definitely need to continue in order to one day colonize the galaxies around us through interstellar transportation. What I am really thinking is something like star trek where they have warp drives as well as the ability to beam people up or down.

Who benefits from Green Accounting?

Posted on February 17, 2014 by wesleyyun

Green Accounting and sustainability accounting are two accountability movements that are becoming more popular in their use by businesses. It is stated that in doing so, a business can incorporate many other factors that may affect the profitability of their company. Reputation, legitimacy, employee related problems and other things all have internal and external costs that a company has to deal with. However, I think that the ultimate benefits of green accounting does not fall on the businesses lap. Instead, as Vincent(2000) asserts, “We seek through green accounting to answer the question – Will a country be as well-off in the future as in the present” (p.14). It seems that green accounting can be of great importance to countries and their respective governments. By knowing such information, a country can act accordingly in an effort to address world related problems.

Is it possible for a country to use green accounting to set standards for businesses in an effort to address common problems presented in reports? Can practices be established such that they will help create a future where its citizens are well off financially, socially, and environmentally?

Comments by wesleyyun

"To answer your question on who needs to make the first step, I'd say that it should be the citizens who need to make the first step. If we actually take a look at the average person today, there is a high chance that they would express at least some concern in regards to global warming. However, this was not the case a few years ago even though global warming has been supported with a large amount of evidence. This is the case because of lag time. While issues are continuously being presented in the scientific circle, these issues are not made clear to the public to bring forth any actions from the citizens."
--( posted on Feb 11, 2014, commenting on the post Wake Up, NYC )