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The United States of America (USA) is one of the top carbon emitting countries. In 2011, the Union of Concerned Scientist reported that USA released approximately 5490.63 million metric tons of carbon dioxide. In addition, the USA has one of the highest per capita for carbon emission, which is around 17.62 metric tons of carbon dioxide per person. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says that carbon dioxide emissions are causing the gradual heating and change of the Earth’s climate since…

Hardin’s work on the “Tragedy of the Commons” has developed the shared conception that both domestic and international environmental problems are collective action dilemmas (Hardin, 1968). One of the main issues is the emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as it has a global impact, unlike some other forms of pollution. Pollutants carried by air and water do not account for national borders. Whether they are emitted in Asia, Africa, Europe or the Americas, they rapidly disperse evenly…

Energy is the refined power created when one burns resources or generates electrical charges from raw powers of nature. Humans use energy to power their homes, businesses, or other establishments and their technologies. The people around the world use massive amounts of energy generated by using natural resources. Most of the energy they use originates from burning natural resources like coal, oil, and natural gas, but the resource burning is creating dangerous gases like carbon dioxide. The…

Ideologies in the Mirror According to the political compass test we were assigned to take, I am a left libertarian; both my economic and social beliefs fell left of the scale. Given what I know about ideologies thus far, I 'm not surprised by these results. I 've often tended to side with more liberal sides of debates and have taken a few of these tests before in previous history classes. Whenever I do take tests like these, I often reflect back on why I hold the views that I do. Most of these…

57). Meaning we either run out of fossil fuels, or we use so much that we end up killing the earth…

produced in several different ways, it can be burned, fermented, digested by bacteria to produce methane gas for powering turbines or gasified, which is then burned. Biomass is mostly used in the United States, and has not proved to be better than fossil fuels, in terms of long term pollution reduction. An advantage of biomass is mostly to agriculture industry, because they are able to use residual plant materials for…

We can accomplish this by cutting the use of fossil fuels. Carbon dioxide is responsible for more than half of the greenhouse gasses in our atmosphere followed by methane and nitrous. Burning coal and gas for energy like heat, electricity, and the fuel to run vehicles is the main source of carbon dioxide…

The problems facing humanity today include the melting of arctic sea ice, the potential ocean stagnation, the mass displacement of humans from coastal cities, extreme droughts, to super storms. All these problems arise from global climate change stemming from the emittance of greenhouse gases. Some people believe these climate changes are not affected by human behavior, and that changes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions do not need to happen. I believe we don’t have time to wait and see if…

As we are slowly making our way to November, we are reading about policies that both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have. The Democratic and Republican nominees have different views on everything. Both have large followings, with quite a lot of people opting to vote for a third-party. While it is important to read over each of Trump and Hillary’s policies, some stand out more than others. Environmental issues are important. Many people are advocating for a much greener nation and others…

greenhouse gas emissions, the wind turbine is being reinvented and reestablished as a major competitor to most forms of fuels we use today. With its low cost, small size, and high output, this makes the wind turbine quite a competitor compared to fossil fuels and other harmful energy harnessing methods. And with carbon emissions peaking in the last decade, the need for new energy conversions is at an all-time high. Although the…