Major Persuasive Speech

Pertaining to the “day without cars” tradition the city of Bogota, Columbia : “It has seen the construction of 118 bicycle paths, the most of any Latin American city…” (Belsky, 3) A single day without cars has encouraged not only, new businesses to spring up and infrastructure to be improved but also physical activity to become more common in countries that implement such a tradition. In my own experience, a less sedentary lifestyle means lower risk of heart disease, obesity, and other weight and activity related ailments. In addition car usage reduction seems to lessen stress, a claim that mother of two, Heidrun Walter testifies to. “ ‘When I had a car I was always tense. I’m much happier this way.’...” (Rosenthal 1). This is a benefit that cannot be ignored as higher stress levels can take a toll on your mental health. Last but certainly not least, is the fact that less smog will discourage the pollution-induced respiratory illnesses permeating the developed world. Polluted air is not meant to be breathed and less of it is better for the whole of the

The Gasoline used to fuel cars is made from fossil fuels that pollute the air and the dangers of obtaining the oil. In Michael Horn’s article enforces the idea by stating, “Obtaining the gasoline is fraught with serious environmental and political perils. We are facing many questions concerning global warming, not the least of which is how much automobile exhaust contributes” ("Roadmap To The Electric Car Economy."). The idea of global warming stems from the depletion of the ozone layer that has been affected by the pollution of our air. The disappearing of the ozone layer and increase of global warming offsets the balance of the natural world and can lead to the end of planet earth according to many scientists. By getting rid of gas powered cars will help to

I am sure that everyone of you have heard about aliens and UFOs. Indeed, we all have heard about the famous case of aliens and UFOs in Roswell, New Mexico. Most people might be interested in the topic of aliens, but I know that the majority of you just think of it as rumours and the existence of them are impossible. Therefore, I am standing here in front all of you to make you change your perspective. I am strongly confident that I have found the evidence of their real existence to convince all of you.

First, cars pollute the environment. In 2012 the EPA reported that a whopping 28% of emissions came from transportation. As it says in the article “Running off the Road”, by Grover Kingsley, “With their largely petroleum based fuel, cars constantly spew carbon monoxide into the air.” We are responsible for the

Every day, millions of Americans turn on the engines of their cars and drive to school or work. What these people do not realize is that the vehicles they operate greatly pollute the planet. According to the Environmental Protection Agency’s recent website post, “Environmental Impacts from Automobiles”,

The purpose for this investigation is to examine what car I will drive when I am 35. In today's modern day society, we rely on transport to take us from point A to point B. As good as it sounds it is bad for the environment. Not only burning fossil fuels to power our cars, it also affects your health and wellbeing, but it also damages the atmosphere. Naturally, the atmosphere has a thin layer to keep the earth at a certain temperature (Greenhouse Effect.) The carbon monoxide that is admitting from the exhausts of our cars, busses etc are unbalancing the chemicals within the atmosphere, causing the Earth to become warmer and warmer by the year. I will decide which car i will drive when I am 35, by using a thing called the DMM (Decision Making

Thesis: Throughout my speech, I want to persuade everyone to start recycling. It is important as it helps reduces the amount of pollution.

Overall, my strategy will focus on appealing to logos. By using numerous statistics and data to reinforce the reality of our earth’s state to the audience. Presenting reason paired with a well-structured argument will hopefully make the audience gain a new perspective about environmental sustainability. Focusing on logos to argue my purpose helps the audience understand the situation and lead them to better actions. I will also appeal to pathos and ethos to support my main strategy. The facts will create credibility and by appealing to the audience’s emotions will help stress the importance of the issue and help gain the attention of the audience.

We then had to find a primary source ourselves from Modern Times about Transportation. After that was complete, our second task was to create and design a storyboard for our actual PSA. My group and I went with a simple task of just drawing out the pictures we had in mind and putting captions on them. In our storyboard we presented steam trains, steam boats from the Industrial Revolution and how the invention of the steam engine bettered but also damaged the world. We then showed cruise ships, trains from modern times. We showed that for modern times trains are used for going to point A to point B, and boats for example a cruise ship is for luxury. All in all, this bettered transportation for the future. As time passes, transportation gets better and better. Since the Industrial Revolution the problem with transportation hasn’t changed, it’s altered a bit but it’s still the same problem. That is problem is pollution. For example, cars, they run on gasoline and they produce and release exhaust which pollutes the air. Polluting the air only harms us, so

If a writer would like to learn how to negate the positive effect useful information could have on an audience, reading Alex Shoumatoff’s article “An Eco-System of One’s Own” could help learn how to make valid arguments fall on deaf ears. This article was written to draw attention to or inform individuals in modern society that nearly every decision that is made -- from the time a person gets up until the time a person goes to bed -- is destroying the environment. Shoumatoff does this by organizing his essay following the unfolding of an imagined typical day, beginning with the “morning juice,” he continues with conceivable uses of energy and resources that one consumes before one even eats breakfast, the drive to work, lunch decisions, the drive home, and ends with the relaxation that should take place after a day’s work (269-276). The organization of this essay is very effective at showing how much destruction an individual may be doing to the environment in a typical day. However, the negative presentation of the material and barrage of sarcasm undercuts the applicable suggestions made to help resolve these issues.

Climate change and transportation play a big role and it is important to be concerned for our future generations. The use of gasoline cars is a major producer in carbon dioxide emissions, although they are not entirely responsible for it—they play a role in it. Other form of transportations like buses and taxis also contribute to carbon dioxide emissions. The total amount of carbon dioxide emissions from an average car is seventy six percent which comes from usage of a vehicle containing gasoline. Efficiency has increased by twenty percent in regards to electric motors, especially when it comes to their wheels using no power when the car is at rest. Car ownership will increase and with this, improvements in technology could be a vital

PURPOSE: To persuade my audience that we must take action now to control air pollution

Some people believe that the benefits of the automobile far outweigh the consequences. These people

I want to(pathos--repetition) save the planet, first from the fact the cars people are driving are polluting too much to the planet. The cars are like the like a little virus in the body which is the earth(pathos--simile). The little virus with a few amount may not damage a lot to the body since there is an immune system which here is that the planet and balance itself.

The Earth is a dynamic, constantly changing environment in which the hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere all interact. When one changes slightly the change is then felt through out the spheres. Humans need to understand that the change they cause can have a potential for a disastrous affect on the environment. From injecting the atmosphere with greenhouse gas, or deforestation, all the unnatural things done to the environment will have an unnatural affect that will have to be dealt with. We as humans have a moral responsibility to reduce global warming gasses by changing our modes of transportation, to stop deforestation, and increase government funding into research to inhibit global warming for