Friday, September 19, 2008

Climate Change Opinion Peice

Climate change opinion piece

Should we do anything about global warming? Some people think that we shouldn’t do anything about it and some people do, so which is the right answer? I think that we should prepare for global warming. I think that we should be safe rather than sorry.
Global warming is when the suns rays enter the atmosphere and are reflected back but there is too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to let the carbon dioxide out of the environment thus causing greenhouse gasses which warms the earth.
What is causing global warming?? There are a number of reasons but, the most apparent is co2 emissions caused by transportation and coal powered factories in industrialized nations such as china and the United States.
Some of the effects of this climate destabilization will be irreversible. One of the main concerns is the glaciers. If they dry up the water source is gone and if the water source is gone peoples crop will die and their animals will die forcing them to move or adapt. The people that live on coasts will have to move inland and the people that live in places with little or no water now will move to places that have water causing that place to use more water than they can produce.
I know that coal power factories provide work for hundreds maybe even thousands of people, but I think that they will have to shut down all of the big coal factories and find places for those people to work in the new economy. Cars, planes and boats should be more fuel efficient of the scientists should invent an alternate fuel source that works, but is inexpensive.