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COMM 3030 - Communication and Social Responsibility
Blog #2, Payam Ishani, Global warming
Posted posted by payam ishani @ 8:12 AM
Based on many scientific journals, we humans have contributed significantly to the global warming in the past few decays. And I don’t think that there is much controversy left about this fact. However there are many reasons to why this issue is kind of “left behind” and little or no action is being taken to remedy it.The first reason I believe is the lack of effective solution. There are, of course, many proposed solutions but none of them are really effective. The actual “cost” of an effective solution to lower the rate of global warming is so great that many countries and individuals simply are not willing to pay. It would involve changing our lifestyles, as well as sacrificing economical advantages and reducing consumption, each of which can be very challenging.
Another reason can be that humans are only “contributing” to global warming and are not causing it directly. This is not the first time that we see a temperature change on the surface of the earth. It is believed that the earth has gone through many cycles of such changes of temperature in the past millions of years. Other animals as well as plants also contribute to the climate change. Solar changes also play a huge role in global warming. Therefore, I think the global warming is somehow seen as a natural way that the earth works.
We should also keep this in mind that the natural resources are depleting at a high rate and probably by the year 2050 we will not drive cars that use gasoline as the source of energy because it will be much more expensive than using other alternative energy sources. Therefore I believe that we will be witnessing a significant decrease of produced greenhouse gases by humans in the near future and the temperature of the earth will not continue to increase at the current estimated rate.
Payam
