Global Warming's Terrifying New Math Summary

In the article, Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math, which could be found in the Rolling Stones Magazine, the author Bill Mckibben thoroughly outlines the most conventional political thinking about the issue Global Warming and Climate change that civilization and society has failed to resolve . However in order for this issue to be properly resolved, the ways of changing the methods of living and well being of society are going to be strongly impacted. First and foremost , Mckibeen uses three simple numbers s to describe the situation, Firstly, 2.8 C., 565 Gigaton’s, and 2795 Gigaton’s. Secondly, he then discusses in further detail that the fossil-fuel industry is one of the most reckless on earth, and how “there is no other force that is greater, and how these various fossil fuel companies are good for global economies” (Mckibben,2012). Mckibben intuitively exaggerates these two following factors to describe the situation more in depth and with extensive clarity. Humanity has managed to raise global temperatures by 0.8% . It is increasing, rising and the rise is way too fast. According to various scientists and their studies, the temperature increase has caused much more damage to the environment than scientists and researchers had originally expected it to be . “These detrimental effects include, the summer sea ice in the arctic is gone, oceans are now 30% more acidic and …show more content…
The message that Mckibben is trying to put across is that, surely the issue of climate change and global warming is clearly evident, however society still suffers from a financially and economically, even if we try to resolve this problem, society has already adjusted to this way of living and its now becoming harder to switch back to the eco-friendly way of living citisens lived