Argumentative Essay On Climate Change

What is Climate Change? Climate change has been a subject of discussion in the media for many years, supported with the use of arguments against oil polluting the environment and extreme scare tactics of Polar icecaps flooding civilians backyards. The issue has been ignored by the majority of laypeople as seeming too complicated, and with all the conflicting information in the media in the past, who can blame theme? However, scientifically, climate change and what perpetrates it is fairly simple to understand and society as a whole is beginning to come to a clear consensus on climate change. Thanks in part to more readily available forms of media and information, people have become cognizant of the fact that climate change is a legitimate …show more content…
Many people believe that it does not exist, despite the science, in fact there are a multitude of conventions held in which climate change deniers of all walks of life, politicians, scientists, journalists, et cetera, gather to present data that has been skewed to fit their beliefs. This may be the result of a psychological concept known as confirmation bias, wherein individuals will subconsciously seek out inforformation that suits their current beliefs. However it may also be as a result of some sneaky dealing: “Exxon Mobil Corp.,...has sparked criticism for funding groups that challenge the scientific validity of concerns about global warming” (Ball 2006). The transportation sector accounts for a large majority of greenhouse gas emissions, second only to animal agriculture industries. Naturally Exxon Mobil, would not want the public to think that their product results in the causation of global warming, therefore they provide funding for politicians and groups intended to inform the public on such issues, it is likely that other major oil companies participate in similar underhanded dealings. With this in mind, it is good for the public to be wary about climate change deniers, while some may be legitimate scientists, it is good to question how their information may be …show more content…
The United States is one of the largest consumers of energy, and the majority of the United State’s energy comes from the burning of fossil fuels, “coal, oil and natural gas industries dig up and pump out about seven billion tons of carbon a year, and society burns nearly all of it, releasing carbon dioxide” (Socolow 50). If that information is not sobering enough, energy demands will continue to grow by 2.6% per year (Sovacool, 2007, pg 171). Eventually, in a worst case scenario, two things will occur: oil reserves will be depleted as demand increases and supply decreases and climate change will become so problematic that vast areas of earth could become uninhabitable. Both of these things result from the unyielding release of greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere, we will be left with no form of power and little habitable