Why the World Is Doomed

Every day when looking out a window, people see a beautiful earth. The earth is intriguing, but hinges on a delicate balance. Many natural resources keep the grass green and the sky blue. Man has made quite an impression on our world, and has transformed the earth's resources into tools to make life easy. However, mans' manipulation on earth has become detrimental to the health of our planet and the safety of mankind. Through the use and production of resources such as oil and energy, man is gradually poisoning the earth. Pollution has become such a dilemma in society; there is no real control or a feasible solution to society's recklessness. Without complete change, our system will collapse. The earth will eventually retaliate with disaster, or corporate control of our economy will cause hysteria and depression. Evaluation of the consequences and repercussion of worldwide pollution, may give people a better idea of what the future holds. It is unfortunate that within the past 100 years our worlds' economy has driven itself into a deep hole with the reliance on a "black gold" called oil. Since its discovery, it has been purified to produce many different forms of energy such as light, gasoline and more. Since technology has enabled mankind to discover more capable methods of transportation, mankind has exploited its power over nature and produced machines such as the combustion engine. In combustion engine's, oil explodes to move machinery, and emits a very toxic byproduct called CO2. Carbon is incredibly dangerous to the earth's atmosphere, and erodes huge holes in the ozone layer of our earth. This erosion causes global warming and climate change that is permanent and irreversible. The impact of global warming will not only effect generation to come, but present generations as well. Society is within a paradox of this issue. Government's around the world, utilize this "black gold" as a form of economic strength, and have generated huge amounts of wealth from its sale. Even though knowledge of the harmful side effects of oil and pollution has been understood for many years, government's continue to exploit oil for a profit. There is no lack of technology that can create efficient alternative energy sources. And even though research and development of alternative sources takes money and effort, there certainly is no lack of those either. Since government will always look towards profit over problem solving, the solution lies in the hands of its citizens. There are many debates over whether some accusations of global warming are true or not. Some scientists see horrible statistics that shed light on the increasing problem of global warming. Some scientists contradict other scientist's conclusions on what is being affected from global warming. Either way, there seems to be an agreement between all scientists; global warming will change the world for the worst. The exact facts of what global warming is doing to our world are shaky. In Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth," many remarks are made about what exactly global warming is doing to our world. To Al Gore's inconvenience, some of his statistics and facts are untrue according to researchers at www.globalwarming.org. Gore's purpose in addressing a very important issue in history is significant, except he lacks an evident solution to the problem. It is clear that there is a problem of global warming in the world; the problem indeed lies within making the change that is necessary to save our planet. Some countries are more worried than others. An Alliance Of Small Island States (AOSIS) united under the concern of anthropogenic recklessness. The AOSIS is a group of Pacific and Caribbean nations who call for relatively fast action by developed nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The AOSIS countries fear the effects of rising sea levels and increased storm activity predicted to accompany global warming. These countries have every right to demand change since their very existence is threatened. This is a good example of direct and continuing threat caused by global warming.
True effects of global warming are uncertain; some people believe that ice caps are subject to melt, turning the world into a giant ocean. This concern is more science fiction induced than reality. Another concern is the warming of climates would help spread disease. Even though increased heat could give more opportunities for disease. The problem lies within the countries infrastructure and the populations living conditions. Other real problems that are being documented around the world are; heat waves and periods of unusually warm weather, earlier spring arrival, plant and animal range shifts and population changes, ocean warming, sea level rising, coastal flooding, coral reef bleaching, glaciers melting, Artic and Antarctic warming, downpours, heavy snowfall and flooding, droughts and fires. Although these are all natural disasters, there has been an increase in occurrences during the past 25 years. There is definitely a blend of opinions on the matter of global warming. The cause and effect of rising temperatures on earth is uncertain. Technology gives us opportunities to look at nature in whole new ways. Our instruments are showing us statistics of increasing temperatures. There are some interesting statistics that may help people understand this issue more. According to Accu-Weather, the world's leading commercial forecaster, "Global air temperatures as measured by land-based weather stations show an increase of about 0.45 degrees Celsius over the past century. This may be no more than normal climatic variation...[and] several biases in the data may be responsible for some of this increase." Another interesting statement made by the "Cooler Heads Coalition," was that "98% of total global greenhouse gas emissions are natural (mostly water vapor); only 2% are from man-made sources." All facts, statements and reports conclude that mankind is in part responsible for this change in our ecosystem. Hence if we do not change, drastic changes over the next 100 years will threaten the safety of some people and our environment. More and more research is being deployed into this intriguing field of science. Some scientists deny reports of global warming impacts. And some scientists show more and more proof of such impacts. When will the academic and governmental community understand the consequences of our treasured way of life? Will it take huge catastrophic man-induced disasters to change the worlds mind on what actions to take? Is our economy so reliant upon oil that it will risk our planets' health, for money? People need to take action on these issues before the damage of global warming has left a huge, worsening-footprint on our earth.