Task 7 - Problem and Solution

There are a lot of things happening around us like disasters and wars, and global warming is one of these things. Many studies have been conducted in order to identify the consequences of this major problem that everyone in the world need to do something about. We are facing some of these problems in our time and many other major problems will come in future.

The main problem is the ice is melting and the sea level has increased, which has started to have an effect on some islands around the world some islands like Wine Island after Hurricane Gustav have disappeared (houmatoday.com) . As we already witness, small changes in temperature can make massive differences to the environment around us. Chris Oxlade wrote ‘Global warming will create climate changes. But a change in the weather is a minor problem compared to other problems that global warming and climate change might cause. Humans, animals and plants would all suffer’ (Oxlade, 2008).Our consumption habits can make a huge difference. The main problem comes from burning fossil fuels and our daily consumption of food and energy. When we measured our carbon foot print we found that many of us need more than two planets to live in. My foot print was 4.39, so I need 4.39 planets to live my life style and my class mates were almost the same as me; they need more than 3 planets to live in. However, my class had a score of 3.86(footprint.wwf). Most of us contribute to increasing our carbon foot print by buying stuff, eating and travelling.

"It's impossible to have hurricanes in the South Atlantic.”(www.oppapers.com). However, in 2004 there was a hurricane in Brazil. There are many people, who said that there are some places that won’t be affected by global warming, but they are wrong and we are all facing this problem. There are many ways to reduce the effects of global warming, but it needs some time no one can fix it in one day. First we need to reduce our consumption of energy by using new technology like renewable energy. Renewable energy sources need to be used everywhere in order to reduce the amount of gases emitted into the atmosphere. Recycling is a good way to reduce the effect of global warming because it saves a lot of energy needed to make new materials. Everyone needs to decrease carbon and greenhouse gas emission in the atmosphere and stop depending on fossil fuels and look for renewable energy which can be the real substitute of the energy.
In my opinion everyone needs to act immediately in order to reduce the future effects of this problem. Global warming can change the way we live and damage our earth seriously. We have only got one earth so we have to take care of it because if it’s gone we are gone too.


Bibliography:

1- http://books.google.com/booksid=cCS4FfkO1lgC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ViewAPI#PPA4,M1

2- Oxlade, Chris. Global warming. Illustrated ed. Mankato, MN: Bridgestone Books, 2003.

3- http://www.oppapers.com/essays/Problem-Solution-Global-Warming/106870


4- http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20080915/HURBLOG/809150956.


5- http://footprint.wwf.org.uk

Task 6 - Cool City

Cool City is a city that has made a dedication to stop global warming. The idea has been made to reduce the emissions and to solve many other problems. However, the video said if we don’t reduce our CO2 emissions we will need another earth to live in and that’s impossible.
The video mentioned that the most emissions come from traffic delays, energy consumption and the increase in population. We have to decrease the carbon dioxide emitted into the air by one half. During the past 30 years Japan has improved the energy efficiency by 37% and decreased the oil consumption by 8%.

Over 90% of carbon dioxide emitted into the air of cities comes from buildings and transportation. The Cool city has been built by a group of Japanese companies called SDCJ. Cool City has brought the united technology and knowledge into one ideal city in order to reduce the CO2 emissions. The Cool City contains many facilities like sports zone, resort zone and residential zone. It has been built and organized to be accessible easily by foot. In that time they will be using hybrid cars that don’t emit emissions into the air. However, they expect that carbon dioxide will be reduced by 60%.

In my opinion this goal is hard to achieve and they need too much time and technology in order to build this city. It looks promising but who would live in this city and who will contribute in delivering this message to the world in order to do something about carbon emissions.