APPALACHIAN FORESTS
Gas corporations say that natural gas is the future of clean energy, but they fail to tell people about the things they will be destroying to make this future a reality. Along with other things, the Appalachian Forest is being destroyed. The Appalachian Forest is critical for preserving endangered species and providing an invaluable connection to nature for the general public. Gas pipelines are endangering this precious resource and should be prohibited.
There are many long distance trails, but none equal the Appalachian Trail (Johnson, 2007, p. 24-30). The Appalachian Mountain Ranges and Forests stretch from Georgia to Maine. The system is about 1500 miles long and 300 miles in width (“Appalachian mountains,” 2014). (There …show more content…
24-30). Some of them are out for the day and others are setting out to hike the entire trail. Hiking the trail is a great way to leave the hustle and bustle of life behind and get in touch with nature. Every spring about 1,500 people prepare for one of the most difficult tasks in their lives, an Appalachian Trail thru-hike (Johnson, 2007, p. 24-30). Hiking the entirety of the Appalachian Trail is no easy task and many people are not up to the task. Of the 1,500 people who start the thru-hike, only 500 or so people actually finish it (Johnson, 2007, p. 24-30). Less than 10,000 people have finished the long, grueling and punishing through-hike on the Appalachian Trail. Through hikers are only a small minority of the Appalachian Trail hikers. Many people enjoy the Appalachian wilderness. These people could be anyone looking to get away from it all and experience nature's true beauty, but this beauty that they all enjoy is in …show more content…
As the ever growing demand and need for transportation increases so does the space and resources used to transport it. “LNG now rivals iron ore as the world's second largest traded commodity” (“Step on it; natural gas,” 2015). The government is using pipelines to transport this natural gas. This destroys land and and ruins ecosystems. “In the past 40 years natural gas’s share of the energy mix has grown from 16%” (“Step on it; natural gas,” 2015). Natural gas isn't the only form of energy that we have available to us there are several other forms that we can use. These include solar power and hydroelectricity, which can cost less and be more
Gas corporations say that natural gas is the future of clean energy, but they fail to tell people about the things they will be destroying to make this future a reality. Along with other things, the Appalachian Forest is being destroyed. The Appalachian Forest is critical for preserving endangered species and providing an invaluable connection to nature for the general public. Gas pipelines are endangering this precious resource and should be prohibited.
There are many long distance trails, but none equal the Appalachian Trail (Johnson, 2007, p. 24-30). The Appalachian Mountain Ranges and Forests stretch from Georgia to Maine. The system is about 1500 miles long and 300 miles in width (“Appalachian mountains,” 2014). (There …show more content…
24-30). Some of them are out for the day and others are setting out to hike the entire trail. Hiking the trail is a great way to leave the hustle and bustle of life behind and get in touch with nature. Every spring about 1,500 people prepare for one of the most difficult tasks in their lives, an Appalachian Trail thru-hike (Johnson, 2007, p. 24-30). Hiking the entirety of the Appalachian Trail is no easy task and many people are not up to the task. Of the 1,500 people who start the thru-hike, only 500 or so people actually finish it (Johnson, 2007, p. 24-30). Less than 10,000 people have finished the long, grueling and punishing through-hike on the Appalachian Trail. Through hikers are only a small minority of the Appalachian Trail hikers. Many people enjoy the Appalachian wilderness. These people could be anyone looking to get away from it all and experience nature's true beauty, but this beauty that they all enjoy is in …show more content…
As the ever growing demand and need for transportation increases so does the space and resources used to transport it. “LNG now rivals iron ore as the world's second largest traded commodity” (“Step on it; natural gas,” 2015). The government is using pipelines to transport this natural gas. This destroys land and and ruins ecosystems. “In the past 40 years natural gas’s share of the energy mix has grown from 16%” (“Step on it; natural gas,” 2015). Natural gas isn't the only form of energy that we have available to us there are several other forms that we can use. These include solar power and hydroelectricity, which can cost less and be more