Methanol Case Study
Methanol- Yes or No?
Do you agree on building the world's largest methanol plant in Tacoma, WA? Many people disagree, because the negative impacts far outweigh the positive ones. One negative impact is the plant would take up too much resource. In addition to that, the methanol plant will also change the environment. Here is how the two negative points can affect the world today. The first negative impact is the methanol plant will take a lot of resources. One detail to support the claim in “Redline Tacoma” is “the refinery would place an unquenchable demand on local resource; more than 3 billions of water per year”. This detail supports the claim because it tells the audience how much water is needed to build the methanol plant. This would …show more content…
One detail in “China staking $5.2B methanol venture in state” is “....Inslee and other officials have promoted the deal as a way to reduce the global release of greenhouse gases, which scientist say are driving climate change.” This detail supports the claim because this tells the audience the methanol plant can cause climate changes. Climate change has positive effects, but just like the methanol plant the negative outweigh the positive. For example, some future negative effects of climate change are rising temperature (global warming), more heat waves, and stronger hurricanes. Another detail to support the claim is in “Redline Tacoma”. “The proposed refinery could release cancer-causing toxins and produce alarming amounts of greenhouse gases.” This detail supports the claim because it tells the audience the methanol plant causes air pollution. Air pollution is very bad for the environment and for people's health. The last detail to support the claim is in Mr.Higley's speech. He told us in his speech that methanol is very toxic and if the ship that is carrying the methanol leaks, it can ruin Puget Sound's waters for months. This detail supports the claim because it tells the audience the things that methanol can do to the environment if it leaked. This dangerous liquid/material is going to be shipped to China and if it leaks, it will kill all the animals in Puget Sound’s waters. This can
Do you agree on building the world's largest methanol plant in Tacoma, WA? Many people disagree, because the negative impacts far outweigh the positive ones. One negative impact is the plant would take up too much resource. In addition to that, the methanol plant will also change the environment. Here is how the two negative points can affect the world today. The first negative impact is the methanol plant will take a lot of resources. One detail to support the claim in “Redline Tacoma” is “the refinery would place an unquenchable demand on local resource; more than 3 billions of water per year”. This detail supports the claim because it tells the audience how much water is needed to build the methanol plant. This would …show more content…
One detail in “China staking $5.2B methanol venture in state” is “....Inslee and other officials have promoted the deal as a way to reduce the global release of greenhouse gases, which scientist say are driving climate change.” This detail supports the claim because this tells the audience the methanol plant can cause climate changes. Climate change has positive effects, but just like the methanol plant the negative outweigh the positive. For example, some future negative effects of climate change are rising temperature (global warming), more heat waves, and stronger hurricanes. Another detail to support the claim is in “Redline Tacoma”. “The proposed refinery could release cancer-causing toxins and produce alarming amounts of greenhouse gases.” This detail supports the claim because it tells the audience the methanol plant causes air pollution. Air pollution is very bad for the environment and for people's health. The last detail to support the claim is in Mr.Higley's speech. He told us in his speech that methanol is very toxic and if the ship that is carrying the methanol leaks, it can ruin Puget Sound's waters for months. This detail supports the claim because it tells the audience the things that methanol can do to the environment if it leaked. This dangerous liquid/material is going to be shipped to China and if it leaks, it will kill all the animals in Puget Sound’s waters. This can