“If the world continues to burn fossil fuels at the current rate, the Earth’s temperature will rise two degrees Celsius by 2036, crossing a threshold that will harm human civilization,” according to Michael Mann, a leading expert in climatology and geophysics. If this is true, then this means that we have only twenty years to try and reverse the effects of global warming. The only way to productively save the planet from global warming is to immediately stop burning fossil fuels and invest in clean renewable energy. “People get confused about this issue, but the facts are crystal clear – the ice is melting, the Earth is warming, the sea level is rising – those are facts.”(Sellers) Debating whether global warming is real or not is like debating if the sky is blue. It’s a completely rhetorical argument.
People, however, like the Koke brothers, Paul Ryan, Ted Cruz and any company or individual who profit from our use of fossil fuels and actively choose to deny scientific facts regarding global warming are the reason we are in grave danger of destroying our planet and should ultimately be held fully responsible. From 2003 to 2010, one hundred and forty foundations funneled over $558 million dollars to climate denial organizations. "The climate change countermovement has had a real political and ecological …show more content…
For example, if all the roads in California were made of solar panels, in one year there would be enough energy stored to power the entire United States. If the lower forty-eight states had all their roads made from solar panels there would be enough energy to power the world for a year for free. That simple act could take care of the whole world’s energy crisis. Another example of how we can reverse global warming has been approached by Elon Musk. He has created a Gigafactory which creates one billion watts per hour of energy. Musk estimated that it would only take one hundred Gigafactorys to power the
People, however, like the Koke brothers, Paul Ryan, Ted Cruz and any company or individual who profit from our use of fossil fuels and actively choose to deny scientific facts regarding global warming are the reason we are in grave danger of destroying our planet and should ultimately be held fully responsible. From 2003 to 2010, one hundred and forty foundations funneled over $558 million dollars to climate denial organizations. "The climate change countermovement has had a real political and ecological …show more content…
For example, if all the roads in California were made of solar panels, in one year there would be enough energy stored to power the entire United States. If the lower forty-eight states had all their roads made from solar panels there would be enough energy to power the world for a year for free. That simple act could take care of the whole world’s energy crisis. Another example of how we can reverse global warming has been approached by Elon Musk. He has created a Gigafactory which creates one billion watts per hour of energy. Musk estimated that it would only take one hundred Gigafactorys to power the