Global warming seemed to be a pile of malarkey. After several discussions with a professor I had my first year of college, he had explained how the two scientific experiments that prove this “science” are not repeatable! As a student who is aspiring to become a scientist, global warming claims screamed falsehoods because it breaks the scientific method. However this explanation did not prove how my hunting season is getting less snow, or how river water temperature is increasing. As I entered my sophomore year at a different college I got in debates with climate change favoring friends about the changing atmosphere and found it difficult to articulate my position when they had “facts” that my position could not debunk. My position never …show more content…
This takes three 100-car trainloads of coal a day to run. Since the world is growing, more coal will be needed to meet the electricity demands, not that there is a shortage of coal, but quit the opposite. It is estimated that a quarter trillion tons of coal lie between the Appalachian Mountains and through the Illinois Basin to the Rocky Mountains. This is enough coal to meet the electrical demands of the world for the next 250 years. But if the danger limit is in the next three decades then a cleaner form of energy is needed.
Solar energy always seemed to be good alternate because the sun is reliable and its power is astronomical. In one second the amount of solar energy that hits the earth is equivalent to an 8.0 earthquake and in one hour the sun hits the earth with enough energy to meet the demand of all energy consumption. So far in the past one hundred years humans have used two trillion barrels of oil, and in the next thirty we will use another trillion. This oil took millions of year to make. The sun, on the other hand, hits the earth with enough energy in 2 days to be equivalent to three trillion barrels of oil! Recall that the US consumes 25% of the world’s energy and only has less than 5% of the population. If America was covered in 2% solar cells it would meet the all energy means of the nation, and if covered in .3% then it would meet the electrical needs. The world needs 14 terawatts of energy per year to run.
In today’s society commoners are hard pressed from both sides of a raging debate that has encompassed the political landscape of America and much of the world. This raging debate concerns Global Warming or preferably Climate Change. Each side trying to convince the populace one way or the other. On one side the liberal ideology is convinced that the rapid change in the temperature of the earth is caused by extensive human Carbon Dioxide emissions. On the other side, the conservative ideology is certain that the change in the temperature of the earth is due to natural causes and that there is no need to alter the way countries are run in order to compensate for Climate Change. The masses are currently being fed pro global warming ideology. This is primarily due to the current president Barack Obama who is a major pro global warming advocate. Sixty percent of the United States population disagrees with president Obama on his stance on climate change, and there is strong scientific backing for the populace.
To start my response, I am of a personal belief that global warming is a hoax. Over the course of my education, many of the arguments for global warming have been disproven to me. My
Global warming is an important issue in the world today and concerning its future. There are many factors that affect global warming and its levels. Though some of these causes of global warming are due to natural events, many are the result of human structures and activities. Global warming is mostly due to the emission of greenhouse gases and can have very negative consequences on the environment and society (“Global Warming”).
When thinking about the topic of climate change, my mind tends to go in twenty different places. I want to have a complete and honest understanding of climate change, but being such a dynamic topic with so many aspects, that may be hard to achieve. These aspects include scientific research, the economy, the government’s contribution, and society’s contribution to it. My prior knowledge of what exactly climate change and global warming is, comes from brief explanations in science classes and research that I have done on my own so I do not sound completely clueless while discussing this issue. From my understanding, the two sides of this debate are the politicians and the scientists. In my opinion, I will always stand on the environment’s side,
Global warming is an increase in the temperature of the earth's weather. Global warming is also known as the green house effect. Global warming is a very serious world issue. Most humans are trying to do as much as they can to help stop global warming. Global warming has caused many problems to the earth in addition to the humans that live here on the earth. A problem caused by global warming is very hot summers. Some summers have had days that the temperature had reached 30*C. Another Problem that global warming has caused is the melting of polar ice caps. Global warming caused the polar ice caps to melt which will cause the ice to break free as well as melt in the sea, sea levels all over the world will rise. Lastly,
There are two terms that many people have been concerned about for many years now, which some people firmly believe will be the downfall of the Earth’s survival. Those terms are global warming and climate change. Although both terms are used interchangeably by some, they cover two different subjects that go hand in hand. There is extensive research done on both terms, with plenty of scientific evidence proving that both are occurring and are major problems. However, there is still an uncanny amount of people who claim that climate change and global warming is not real, and their reasoning is usually either unscientific or at times completely unreasonable. Their reasons are usually political, religious, or due to some form of being misinformed. This skepticism is a major problem because global warming is a threat and must be dealt with.
No one in the scientific community would argue with the premise that the earth’s climate has changed over the eons of its existence or that it will continue to change. The arguments now revolve around if mankind’s use of the environment has specifically altered our climate.
To begin with, the environment we choose to place ourselves in has the ability to impact our wellness within an instance. With that being said, there’s a possibility our wellness is likely to be threatened. For those apart of organizations concerned about the wellness of others, it’s their responsibility to inform the community about how to prepare themselves for environmental changes. What has the possibility to occur within an environment varies. Everyone adapts to alterations differently, but is human activity responsible for global warming negatively affecting human health?
Global Warming has been a nuisance to environmentalists in recent years. It has been affecting Earth’s oceans, habitats, and biodiversity. Over the years, scientists have conducted experiments to understand the causes and effects of global warming and they have searched for solutions. They have warned others about the dangers of pollution and human activities and have urged others to do something about it. Films, such as Al Gore’s documentary “The Inconvenient Truth”, have also raised international public awareness of climate change and have re-energized the environmental protection movement; however, some politicians, government officials, and scientists have opposed this theory. They have gone on to say that global warming is a hoax and
We are living in the midst of a great chemical experiment, and some serious consequences are becoming apparent to scientists. More than two billion pounds of chemicals are spewed into the air each year. These chemicals are brewing a disastrous stew, resulting in an atmosphere crisis. The greatest consequences of the atmosphere crisis may be global warming and ozone depletion. If humankind wants to continue to inhabit earth, then we must stop this horrid destruction of our own environment.
Imagine you are placed into the future. The year is 2100. You begin to live in this
The author explains how America worries more than Europe about all nature of global security, while Europe worries more about global warming. These explains the dependency that Europe has on America, they don 't need to worry about any military action or terrorist attacks, because America has them covered and that shows how weak that have become military wise. A better way to put this is Americans are “Cowboys” according to Europeans, there is some true to this, the United States does act as an international sheriff trying to enforce some peace. Using this Wild West analogy Europe is the saloon keeper. Outlaws shoot sheriffs not saloon keepers. As we discussed in class America always tries to stick their head in everything, just like Obama tried to sooth the tension between the Palestinians and Israelis, but made matters worse. How he tried to be the world police and wanted to get involved with business that isn 't his or getting involved with policies that he is not aware of. Obama also showed signs of managing world problems when he sent a tremendous amount of money to Iran, so they do not have the chance to expose to the world their weapons of mass destructions, and he believed that sending cash would buy us some time to avoid danger. Sometimes it is only right for America to act like the world 's police, and help out countries that are in danger. Europeans claim they know what it is like to live with danger, to exist side by side with evil, and that danger now being
The majority of people across all academics accept global warming as a phenomenon. Furthermore, greenhouse gases, including carbon emissions, are established to be one of the main drivers of global warming. If allowed to continue, global warming will damage our natural environment as well as our wellbeing. Decreasing carbon emissions is a necessity in order to continue the growth and development of our society. In the past few years, different methods have been studied in order to prevent carbon emissions from increasing. The first method is a carbon tax, a tax proportionate to the impact of emissions on the environment and the economy (Lagerquist). Its goal is to incentivize producers and consumers to seek business models and lifestyles which produce less carbon. The second method is an emissions trading system, or simply, a cap and trade system. In this system, there is a limit on how much pollution a government is allowing “and the right to emit becomes a tradable commodity (Baumert).” This is also known as an allowance and enables emissions reductions to take place where they are least costly. Governments would be able to decrease allowances in order to decrease emissions. Both systems put a price on carbon, generate revenue, hold polluters responsible, and require monitoring, reporting and verification with the intent of reducing greenhouse gas emissions (Cap and Trade. Vs. Taxes). But, there are arguments against such systems due to claims of them being ineffective,
Global Warming, also known as the Greenhouse effect, is a problem everyone will soon have to face. The people of the younger generations should be educated about what Global Warming is and that it is caused due to the way people are treating the environment.
Thursday, Trump made another life changing decision, to pull out of the Paris climate accord. He may have fulfilled a campaign promise but she just dampened the chances of decreasing global warming for everyone. He said he is willing to negotiate some parts of the plan which all but two nations have agreed upon. He criticized the act saying it wasn't fair for oversea American workers. He claimed that we deserved fair treatment and not to be laughed at. As of the moment their a world wide fig against this action. Even Ivan is fought for him to remain in the bill, but it was the conservatives that steered him in the other direction. When campaigning he claimed a slogan of "America first" which is what he says pushed him to make this