Why Are We Worth Losing The War?

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To be or not to be? That’s the question. The newest tablets, iPhones, Galaxy phones, window phones, computers, TVs , games systems or how many likes one of our selfies got, how many followers or friends one has on social media are things that some people are worried about the most. Those are becoming factors of our destruction. The invention of the airplane, the car, skyscrapers, mansions, roads, casinos, boats, tablets, phones, human rights, politics, freedom; are those things really worth fighting for? You’re giving your best for all of those things but fail to realize that you’re losing the war. Nothing will matter if you don’t have a place to use them. By focusing on the “needs” that you will throw away sooner or later we don’t pay attention …show more content…
There’s a small area between USA and Canada, and it’s really amazing. It’s a small forest where there’s a river with water so pure that you can simply drink out of it. There’s only peace and harmony. Trees bigger and stronger than giants. A place that simply feels unreal. You can feel the cool breeze slightly moving through every inch of your body and filling the lungs with pure clean oxygen. It’s a sensation that’s so addictive that you won’t want to leave. It fills you with tranquility, as if it was magic, and time is not an issue. It is only you in a place that one would call heaven. That small place makes forget everything and shows you the big picture that life without nature is not life. Unfortunately, places like this are perishing because of our actions. We should not be so selfish and try to preserve these kind of places so future generations can have the wonderful experience that nature provides. I’m afraid that future generations will not see nature and its delights face to face, only through a photo. We have lost most of our beautiful landscapes in America due to our violent nature. The few wildlife that we have left is getting destroyed. We should learn more about our environment and try to prevent any …show more content…
Terrifying statistics. It shows that more than half of the American adults are enslaved by phones. People are concentrated on those screens that don’t realize what’s happening to our beautiful planet. We are destroying it so we can have a small device that entertains us. We are causing so much pollution only for one “needs”. In reality we are killing ourselves. Humanity thinks that this world is ours and we can use it however we want. Fineman mentions what our ancestors though of the land. He states, “It was ours to use or use up-a disposable commodity, not a sacred place” (Fineman 214). Now look what has happened to our landscapes, our atmosphere, the ocean level, everything is getting worse. We don’t see pollution as a treat because “much of our country’s prosperity and growth has been colorfully carbon based” (Fineman223). As a country we should learn from our mistakes and take an action to prevent our down fall. Fireman said something very true that we should do, “It is an inheritance that we must use, but that we must find a way to use without endangering ourselves by filling the air with the pollution that fossil fuels create” (Fineman223). Instead of poisoning ourselves we should come up with a solution that would help both our pockets and mother Earth. I recently read in the International Energy Agency that, “In the 40 years that in which the

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