Earth is our home, not only to us humans but to many different species of animals and living plantalia. Humans don 't understand the danger the planet is in, information is available for anyone who cares. Global warming has been a topic of questions over the past years, people are somewhat aware of the situations but are not taking the first step to resolve the issue. Some might argue that global warming is a joke, that this planet has enough resources to provide for billions of humans in this world. How can their be a drought if the oceans have so much water and there are floods happening all over the world. Not knowing floods are caused by polar ice melting, causing sea level to rise, causing floods and endangering the lives of creatures
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Coal-burning power plants are by far the biggest polluters (MacMillan). Based on a documentary by Leonardo Dicaprio named “Before the Flood” electricity consumed by one American at home is equivalent to 1.5x citizens of France, 10x citizens in China and 34x citizens in India, Why? Because America is building bigger, building more and consuming more than any in the world. Hence, Yes America is one of the richest countries and the most polluters on earth. Many things contribute to climate change, beef for example produce methane, cows eat as much as they can and when they burp they release methane. According to professor Gidon Eshel, PH.D featured in the documentary Before the Flood each molecule of methane is equivalent to 23 molecules of CO2. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, and beef contribute 12% to the earth 's Co2. Even though their are many factors onto what contributes to global warming the point is clear A warming climate will bring changes that can affect our water supplies, agriculture, power and transportation systems, the natural environment, and even our own health and …show more content…
According to Elijah Pryor in an article he wrote in the London Progressive Journal titled Climate Change and Marxism “Marx’s materialist concept of alienation can be related to that of the decline of empathy for the environment by society due to capitalism’s search for profit”(5). With the rise of industrial revolution it can explain how pollution started increasing tremendously. Globalization and capitalism played a big part of the environmental destruction as well. With more and more people inhabiting the earth and the ruling class wanting more power, the pollution and destruction of the environment started rising. Companies are not going to inform the public how or where the product was made, or what resource they had to take, their main priority is to make a
Coal-burning power plants are by far the biggest polluters (MacMillan). Based on a documentary by Leonardo Dicaprio named “Before the Flood” electricity consumed by one American at home is equivalent to 1.5x citizens of France, 10x citizens in China and 34x citizens in India, Why? Because America is building bigger, building more and consuming more than any in the world. Hence, Yes America is one of the richest countries and the most polluters on earth. Many things contribute to climate change, beef for example produce methane, cows eat as much as they can and when they burp they release methane. According to professor Gidon Eshel, PH.D featured in the documentary Before the Flood each molecule of methane is equivalent to 23 molecules of CO2. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, and beef contribute 12% to the earth 's Co2. Even though their are many factors onto what contributes to global warming the point is clear A warming climate will bring changes that can affect our water supplies, agriculture, power and transportation systems, the natural environment, and even our own health and …show more content…
According to Elijah Pryor in an article he wrote in the London Progressive Journal titled Climate Change and Marxism “Marx’s materialist concept of alienation can be related to that of the decline of empathy for the environment by society due to capitalism’s search for profit”(5). With the rise of industrial revolution it can explain how pollution started increasing tremendously. Globalization and capitalism played a big part of the environmental destruction as well. With more and more people inhabiting the earth and the ruling class wanting more power, the pollution and destruction of the environment started rising. Companies are not going to inform the public how or where the product was made, or what resource they had to take, their main priority is to make a