Smog

McKibben states that, “Typically when you're mounting a campaign you look for self interest, you scare people by saying what will happen to us if we don't do something. . . the canyon will disappear beneath a reservoir, we will choke to death on smog” (666). Smog is a big issue in a lot of cities, and it could potentially be very injuring to humans that inhale it and also the atmosphere and ozone layer. In addition, it negatively impacts ecosystems by damaging vegetation. This affects…

egocentric, and do not care about anyone else but themselves, unless they are in immediate danger. Have you seen Beijing in 2005? The entire city was blanketed in a thick smog. The people of Beijing were in an economic boom, with their stock market at the highest price in 40 years. The down side, they were damaging their atmosphere with smog. The situation became so intense that people were forced to wear surgical masks every time they walked out on the streets. People can argue that China has…

pollution is a tremendous concern. The large quantities of air pollutants that the vehicles produce is a big issue. The city of Los Angeles has battle this issue for more than 50 years and they have created many regulations and legislations to reduce smog. Smog is a mixture of pollutants with carbon particles. But one of the best way to increase air quality is using alternative fuel vehicles. Public transportation plays a big role in the daily commuters, according to transitchicago.com in 2013…

success to Du 2 assimilate and survive. In China, allergy to smog is one of the commonest causes of asthma. As an asthmatic, I cannot cope with the smog and air pollution. One day, the air pollution in my hometown had reach three or four times the acceptable levels. So unfortunately, I got sick…

Al Gore’s book Truth to Power explains a climate crisis. The author explains how one problem can affect another, thus causing a domino effect on different places of the world. He explains how a climatic problem can affect millions of people, livestock, and businesses. Al Gore really makes the reader think once he or she begins reading his book, it helps the reader to be more aware of the conditions around him or her, and understand that his or her choices can harm another without even knowing it…

Harding 1 Manmade Climate Change is Real Seas and Lakes dry up. The international community is ravaged by droughts. Extreme cases of heat waves, animal extinction, rising coastal waters, earthquakes and deforestation have strained the Earths natural balance. “How could this happen” one may ask. The answer is surprisingly simple. It’s the greed and ignorance of mankind. Eighty-two countries out of a hundred and forty eight countries that lie within the original forest zone have lost all their…

temperatures and high humidity that many humans are experiencing can be a killer if these hot days last for days in a row. Sunlight, warm air, and pollution power plants and cars also combined to make something that many humans are concerned about; smog. This smog, also known as round-level ozone decreases air quality, making it hard for people to breath. People who already have heart and respiratory diseases are especially in danger when it comes to…

You're driving down the street and somebody walks in front of the road. Before you can even think about stopping, your self-driving car has already started slowing down. You self driving car has reacted before you could even think about stopping. What would have happened if you did not think fast enough? In the early 2012, Sebastian Thrun invented the first Google Self-Driving Car. Some people believe self driving cars are safer than typical cars because of reaction times. While others think…

Air pollution is one of the many problems the world faces. There are different types of pollution: visible or invisible. Air pollution is due to many causes. For example, greenhouse gasses such as carbon dioxide, the main pollutant that is warming the Earth and is produced from the breath of living beings and the burning of fossil fuels; methane, which comes from swamps and gas emitted by livestock; and chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, which were used in refrigerants and aerosol propellants until…

Coal power plants are one of the top polluting sources of carbon dioxide in the world, just behind vehicle emissions. The article ‘Coal power: pollution, politics, and profits’ states that the “Negative health effects on the nearby human population, plant life, and wildlife have been hard to quantify precisely and thoroughly, and are generally not included in the cost of coal power to the consumer” (Laskowski). Due to this, the general population is not aware of how destructive this power source…