According to a report by the IPCC, yes, it is very likely that we’ve caused global warming. In some areas, such as Alaska and Asia, average temperatures have warmed by over 4°C (Robinson, 181). Increased water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide have all played an important role in the rising of Earth’s temperature (Global Warming Fast Facts). Some of this is caused by the use of vehicles that emit fumes into the atmosphere from the gasoline that we use. Other causations are radiation, population, and the release of methane, just to name a few.
Some may ask why global warming is such a huge concern all of a sudden. Well, it’s always been a huge concern, yet people are still unaware as to how we’re killing the Earth and may eventually be the cause of our own extinction. If we’re not the sole cause of global warming, we are a main benefactor(Nisbet, 2007).
Others say that this is just normal. We’ve been through the Ice Age and beyond. This is just another challenge we’ll have to go through. These people are most likely the ones who are only contributing negative items and such to the community. The ones who don’t separate the trash and recyclables, the ones who use diesel gasoline, the ones who pollute many different gases into the atmosphere.
Some say that one way to fix this problem is to stop emitting gases into the atmosphere, thus making global warming abruptly stop. Yes, if we do this, global warming will stop, but not abruptly. These toxins will still be in the air, keeping the Earth’s temperature high, yet will eventually lessen over the course of a few years. Also, this solution wouldn’t be that easy. It would take years for everything piece of machinery and technology to completely pollution-free and run by something harmless to the atmosphere, like air. Gases emitted into the Earth’s atmosphere will never completely disappear, due to emissions like carbon dioxide from plants and trees. So yes, even if we were able to find a way to stop emitting harmful toxins into the air ourselves, there are still the plants that will do that job for us, yet they wouldn’t be able to do as good a job as we did.
The best solution for global warming would be to gradually decrease our use of polluting machinery and such, while increasing the use of machinery such as hybrids and solar-powered energy. Once we are able to get this going, more people would be accustomed to the new ways and would maybe even prefer the newer, more efficient products. If we could get this going, slowly but surely, the Earth’s temperature would start to gradually decrease over a course of some decades.
Some acts are already being taken in order for the environment to be more eco-friendly. Hybrids are becoming more popular, plastics are becoming more eco-friendly, and solar-powered panels are becoming more efficiently used. If more people are made aware of the threats that can and will partake if we don’t change our ways, we’d be able to become more eco-friendly as a whole. These are the things that need to be done in order to keep the Earth from getting too hot. Yes, global warming is bound to happen sooner or later again, but we have the responsibility to make it happen later rather than sooner.
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