Annotated Post (Quick Information)

In this post I am going to look at just a few of the websites I have used during my blogging experience. This will hopefully help your understanding of the environmental issues climate change and global warming.

1. The overall rate of warming is increasing. There is not enough plants to absorb the amount of carbon dioxide humans are producing. The warming could become uncontrollable and cause all sorts of severe weather.

2. Burning fossil fuels is the main source of greenhouse gas emissions. Emissions from the United States comes from electricity, transportation, commercial and agricultural activities. In developing countries emission are rising. Overall agriculture And farming could be at stake, which may cause severe health problems for humans.

3. Skeptics agree that global warming is occurring, but humans are not the cause of it. Some skeptics believe that it is the Earth's natural cycle, while other skeptics believe that something has triggered this natural cycle. Scientists have not proved that the increase of temperature is caused by a natural cycle. They have, however, proved that emissions are dangerous to the environment.

4. Renewable energies can be replenished quickly and do not directly emit greenhouse gases. Renewable energy is mainly used to produce electricity, heat homes, and fuel cars. Although renewable energy is growing, we still rely on non-renewable energies to meet our energy needs.

5. We need to act now in order to keep the costs minimal. Cap and trade is one solution that forces companies to pay for their pollution. By doing so companies will be influenced to pollute less. Cost will remain low for a short time. This solution would give scientists some time to discover a more permanent solution.

6. With the weak economy comes a lull in industry, which means that emissions are down. Our needs for wood and power are also down. By using more green effects we can stimulate our economy. The only problem is that some sort of bill has to pas through the legislature (example: cap and trade or carbon taxing: both of which would boost energy efficiency).