It's currently2012 and the planet is hurt. We as humans have been abusing our natural resources and we may be getting close to the bottom of it. The United States is one of the biggest energy consumer of them all with our need for gasoline and electricity. The fossil fuels we use for energy may be the cause to this global warming/climate change. As we learn more and experiment in new sciences we have began finding new sources of energy to replace the original gasoline and coal fueled energy. It's believed that the new forms of energy we are discovering could be the way to stop harming the environment and begin restarting our economy for a more eco friendly world. When Al Gore's documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" was released the public was introduced to a theory that global warming is a man-made issue. By being man-made this was reffering to industry as a major contributer, The conservatives didn't like that... I think natural gas is the way to go to slow down global warming. It's less messy and could be a little safer.
Some people would oppose the change from fossil fuels to natural gas. They might say something like "it's bad for business." They wouldn't want to change a system that we have used for a little more than a hundred years. These would be the Republicans of the United States. I can agree that it will be a tough thing to do but over time this will truly pay off. Republicans are pro-business and once business is brought up in a negative way they get defensive claiming its not their fault and everything will be okay. Some Republican states are big oil states and this change would be bad for their economy which is true. Its going to cost money to make money. We will have a few cut backs as we slowly switch energy, few jobs will be lost but right away create new jobs for new projects involving the new energy. They change will cost big businesses money right now and it would take a little while for them to get their money back. That's not good for business now and we are in a tough economy, that could be an strong opposing argument but if we as a country can tough it out the natural gas may very well make us a stronger independent nation with our own source of energy.
If you were to ask me I would say that natural gas is the way to go. We don't have an unlimited amount of fossil fuels and we have been using them for more than 100 years. If we don't begin using a new source then once we run out of fossil fuels what happens? Is that it for us? No way, we're a strong powerful country that just needs to be sent in a new, "green" direction. The natural gases would lower the need for foreign fuels creating a new form of nationalism that America needs and a sense of new independence. No more paying $4.00 for gas probably, that would be pretty nice. The natural gas job sites would create work decreasing unemployment which is a great thing, hopefully we can get to lower percent soon. Of course everything has a few down sides right? The fracking used to get to the natural gas releases toxins and chemicals into near by water sources which is harmful to the surrounding areas but that may be a somewhat small price to pay in order to obtain this new source of energy. The United States is currently the largest producer of natural gas and I believe it should continue to be.
Kris,
ReplyDeleteGood post. Excellent introduction. Also, you go right after conservatives in the opposing viewpoint paragraph. That's very clear.
In your analysis, though, I'd like to see more facts. I see that you added some great info that you picked up from the lecture, but try to find quotations and statistics from the articles and videos.
You have great writing skills (an the design is great). Try to insert more facts to support your opposing view (what facts are they using?) and your point of view (which facts support you?). You may need to do some Googling to get more facts, but that doesn't take too long.
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