Environmental Issue Paper 07/31/12 Biofuels: The Pros and Cons A hot topic all over the world today is whether or not biofuels should be implemented to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Biofuels are defined as “liquid fuels derived from biological materials; can be made from plants‚ vegetable oils‚ forest products‚ or waste materials” (Dale‚ Kline‚ Wiens‚ 2). Currently in Europe‚ the European Commission (EC) is committed to reducing the total green house gas emissions 20% by 2020‚ and
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under certain conditions. A "weapon" is defined more broadly in Florida than in Georgia: it includes the firearm‚ the knife and more. One of the main arguments of the pro-guns is that it is because there is not enough weapons that there is violence. As one of the favorite slogans of the National Rifle Association‚ a powerful pro-gun lobby‚ summed up: "How do you stop a dirty guy armed with a gun? With a good guy armed with a gun ". Per firearms supporters‚ if any individual was armed‚ there would
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Gold’s book‚ The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World‚ is a great book for anyone who wants to know exactly what fracking is and the effects that come with it. Gold also reports in his book about the pros and cons of fracking and the impact it has had on our world. The American energy revolution is the point in time where there was a significant increase in which the main resource of energy was the product of oil and gas extractions. The American energy
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should be used as a medical treatment. Medical marijuana is defined as using any part of the marijuana plant as a treatment for health problems. It is to be used to help relieve symptoms‚ not for the high. In this essay‚ I am going to discuss the pros and cons of medical marijuana and why I believe it should be used as a medical treatment. Medical marijuana is used to treat pain‚ nausea‚ side effects from other treatments‚ and a variety of diseases. It is made from the dried leaves and bud of the Cannabis
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Controversy Surrounding Circumcision For male population either newborn or adult‚ does circumcision offer medical health benefits on individuals? There are a lot of arguments over the issue of circumcision and researchers are working on finding an answer to prove its effectiveness on individual’s health. The author believes that circumcision is a safe procedure and its benefits to one’s health is substantial. Below are the information and facts pertaining to the legality of circumcision‚ the procedure
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According to Talbot‚ there are currently around 16‚000 desalination plants in the world (2014). Although a con to this method involves needing a lot of energy‚ the benefit in having these desalination plants is that it gives saline or salt water a better purpose rather than it being an undrinkable source. Also‚ it helps countries that do not have a lot of access
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ASSIGNMENT’S TOPIC Pros and cons of culture shock Culture shock is an inevitably phenomenon which occurs commonly in our daily life. I believe that most of us have experienced culture shock by one way or others but some of us did not notice its influences in our life‚ and some even did not recognize it. In this paper‚ I will discuss about the pros and cons of culture shock. I will also tell you about my sparkling experience of culture shock to illustrate these pros and cons in more detailed and
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Immigration: Pro We live in the 90’s the age where scandalous and controversial topics cover the news headlines. Such subject matters as homosexuality‚ A.I.D.S‚ and abortion are fiercely debated upon. Sides are always taken‚ with the conservatives battling the liberals. One such argument that has always been debated upon since the founding of this nation has been immigration. The fact that it has been argued over for so long makes it seem ironic. A country founded by immigrants perpetually
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With terrorist attacks happening all over the world today with many of them being credited to ISIS‚ it brings us to the discussion of whether or not America should engage in a war with ISIS or not.Going to war will cost a lot of money and cause a lot of innocent deaths for both sides of the war.If we take war into their homelands‚ they will in turn bring war into our homelands. Some people think that if we do go to war it would be best because they say that it would help to end all terrorist attacks
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1. Laws against abortion kill women: Prohibiting abortions does not stop them. When women feel it is absolutely necessary‚ they will choose to have abortions‚ even in secret‚ without medical care‚ in dangerous circumstances. In the two decades before abortion was legal in the U.S.‚ it’s been estimated that nearly a million women per year sought out illegal abortions. Thousands died. Tens of thousands were mutilated. All were forced to behave as if they were criminals. 2. Legal abortions protect
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