Pros And Cons Of Destroying The Environment

Pushing the Environment to its Limit The vast majority of people that have lived on the planet in some way or form have contributed in the process of destroying the environment. One author, Rachel Carson wrote the novel “Silent Spring” which caused a lot of controversy amongst people today on how humans are destroying the environment and causing evolution to occur because of their actions. Although there are people that believe we are bettering the environment by developing modern technology, the amount of resources being used there will soon be nothing left to use. The main actions that are destroying the environment are Pollution, Overpopulation, Technology, Exploiting resources. Pollution is probably the biggest contributor to the destruction …show more content…
Oil spills cause a vast amount of sea life to die and make the entire are affected a dead zone, not only that but it only continues to spread. The reason as to why it is so difficult to clean up is because the oil sits in an awkward position right underneath the surface of the water. Littering is a common issue that contributes to pollution as well it happens all over the world but is a bit more common in the U.S. Since so many people that go to beaches are so careless and leave their junk on the floor it all begins to stack up while the tides pull it in to the ocean and effects all the sea life that tends to live closer to land. Air pollution is the more concerning of the two for the time being because of the number of vehicles, factories, plants, boats, and plains. The main causes for it are the burning of fossil fuels, emissions from industries and manufacturing plants, as well as household and farming chemicals. The burning of fossil fuels stems from transportation, cars, planes, trains, and trucks. This is one of the major causes of air pollution and is probably the most difficult one to manage because of how reliant everybody is on transportation from it being people to goods and