Hi everyone!
Welcome to my second blog post. In this blog post I will be covering my feelings on global warming. I want to talk about this because many current events are related to this topic.
I do believe in global warming. I think it’s clearly real. Some people don’t believe in global warming. I have taken the time to understand their point of view since I know that in order to “fix” a problem I must look at both sides. I don’t expect that I will convince them, but I think that everyone should try to treat the planet better because the risks of global warming are so high. It’s bad enough that it has taken us this long to even start the debate about whether it’s real or not.
There are specific effects of global warming that we could prevent. By 2050, 15-35 % of species could be extinct. Weather would be more severe causing things like famine, fires, and flooding. Many states that are near the coast would go underwater. Climate change will affect all 50 states of the US, and will for sure affect the world.
We can help stop global warming. There are some basic things like turning off lights in rooms, not driving when it’s unnecessary, driving cars that don’t run on gas, timing yourself in the shower–anything to do with the idea of conserving energy.
We can educate others about this problem, starting with your family and slowing growing to the world. I was born in China and I plan to help change China’s pollution practices someday in a way that doesn’t change their culture. We can write letters to people who have a lot of power in contributing to global warming, like the government or people who own factories. The key is not to think, “I’m just one person, I’m not going to solve a big problem like global warming. Besides I’m sure there are other people working on this problem. It’s not my job to worry about it.” It’s just like in voting when people think, “My vote won’t count. It doesn’t matter,” because just as with voting, it does matter. It’s our future.
We only have one beautiful, amazing earth, our home. There is no replacement, so we’d better start acting fast, or else we will destroy both the earth and ourselves.