Once again we come to the scene of an environmental and economic argument. I think it is demonstrated on the news and in many scholarly settings. I liked the contrast in options offered in the two videos that we witnessed in the video. The opinion held by a majority of the democratic community is that the earth is on the fast track to self-destruction, and anyone who denies this is inhibiting the world of opportunity and time to heal is selfish and immoral. On the opposing side the republicans view the democrats as a having an agenda, which ultimately feeds their need for funding for environmental research and projects. Global warming, also known as climate change, is the platform that republicans associate with the liberal agenda.
Will voluntary actions, undertaken at the individual level, be more likely or less likely to bring about significant reductions in greenhouse gases such as CO2?
I think that when large amounts of people come together for a common cause that change is made. The bigger question in my opinion is, how much change will be made? I personally feel that we as a global community have done a poor job at maintaining the cleanliness of the earth, and in recent years have done a better job of trying be lest wasteful and more clean in our disposal and consumption of products. The cleanliness that i speak of is littering. Wasteful consumption, lack of creativity in reusable products. I do however, not believe that the earth on the brink of environmental chaos and destruction. I think that the earth has been sustaining its inhabitants for thousands of years. In order to survive all species on this earth are consuming something. Without the consumption of an energy source we would not be able to cook food, build a shelter, keep warm, or even keep ourselves hydrated. As our wants, desires and needs grow so does the energy that we consume. Nothing has changed as time has moved on yet the idea of energy consumption is on everyone’s minds. I think that politics are often built off of trends and sales pitches. I think that one of the current sales pitches is global warming. When our early ancestors were using wood as an energy source would they didn’t even know about energy sources like coal, gas, nuclear, or wind sources. Any time anyone uses energy, pollutants are emitted in some way or another. These pollutants have reached the front of the global warming battle. Large amounts of money of money are being spent on trying to find an energy source that does not emit these air pollutants, but ALL energy sources that we currently know about emit pollutants, or the construction of a non-emitting source, is built from products that …show more content…
America is by far the leading voice in the fight against greenhouse gasses and in support of green living options. Other countries consider global warming but do not seem to be making the same effort to fight against it. I think that people like the idea of helping the world, but very few are willing to commit to the change and give up the unnecessary luxuries. I think that Americans often feel guilty about the way of life that we as Americans enjoy. However, we are all accustomed to the life that we live and are not very willing to give up the needs that we have, and we will continue to use the energy that is required to support our
Will voluntary actions, undertaken at the individual level, be more likely or less likely to bring about significant reductions in greenhouse gases such as CO2?
I think that when large amounts of people come together for a common cause that change is made. The bigger question in my opinion is, how much change will be made? I personally feel that we as a global community have done a poor job at maintaining the cleanliness of the earth, and in recent years have done a better job of trying be lest wasteful and more clean in our disposal and consumption of products. The cleanliness that i speak of is littering. Wasteful consumption, lack of creativity in reusable products. I do however, not believe that the earth on the brink of environmental chaos and destruction. I think that the earth has been sustaining its inhabitants for thousands of years. In order to survive all species on this earth are consuming something. Without the consumption of an energy source we would not be able to cook food, build a shelter, keep warm, or even keep ourselves hydrated. As our wants, desires and needs grow so does the energy that we consume. Nothing has changed as time has moved on yet the idea of energy consumption is on everyone’s minds. I think that politics are often built off of trends and sales pitches. I think that one of the current sales pitches is global warming. When our early ancestors were using wood as an energy source would they didn’t even know about energy sources like coal, gas, nuclear, or wind sources. Any time anyone uses energy, pollutants are emitted in some way or another. These pollutants have reached the front of the global warming battle. Large amounts of money of money are being spent on trying to find an energy source that does not emit these air pollutants, but ALL energy sources that we currently know about emit pollutants, or the construction of a non-emitting source, is built from products that …show more content…
America is by far the leading voice in the fight against greenhouse gasses and in support of green living options. Other countries consider global warming but do not seem to be making the same effort to fight against it. I think that people like the idea of helping the world, but very few are willing to commit to the change and give up the unnecessary luxuries. I think that Americans often feel guilty about the way of life that we as Americans enjoy. However, we are all accustomed to the life that we live and are not very willing to give up the needs that we have, and we will continue to use the energy that is required to support our