Global Warming
One of the hottest topics being discussed now a days is the effects of global warming on the environment and the efforts being made in order to combat the potential effects. Simply put, global warming refers to the environmental effects caused by the constant emission of carbon dioxide from carbon based fuels. These effects are supposedly widespread; the temperature of the earth will rise, the land becomes less conducive to, vegetation, and various ecosystems become extinct. There is no common consensus on how to control the problem and through out the paper it discusses the issues of global warming.
There were three articles read that discussed how global warming is becoming a potential problem that needs to be analyzed thoroughly. One article (“On Global”, 1:18) is very cautious about how to approach the problem; the author believes that not enough is known about the effects of global warming versus the costs of containing it. He suggest no more than a modest flat tax on carbon based fuels Another article (Schneider, A:17) discusses the debates that the Clinton white house representatives have over the best route in dealing with the problem. The third article (Reuter, C:7) touches on the potential effects of global warming in tropical rain forests.
Furthermore, each article shows that there is no common consensus in dealing with global warming. One article stresses that the issue is so murky that it is open to debate. Another article shows how members of the White House cannot agree on the matter and yet another author shows how countries cannot agree to ratify a treaty.
After reviewing the information available on the subject, it appears that there is no easy answer to how to deal with global warming. To begin with , there is absolutely no consensus whatsoever as to the extent of the problem. One article (“On Global”, 1:18) simply maintains that the models available to judge the damage that global warming causes are just too ‘ primitive and insufficient. Both technological and economical models used to deal with the subject seem flawed. Additionally, the question arises as to whether the U.S. should have to calculate the cost of cleaning up the environment for countries like India and China that are too poor to give the matter priority.
But another article (Reuter, C:7) maintains that the effects of global warming are alr...
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...es on carbon based fuels and timetables for monitoring progress.
It is therefore interesting to note how these issues were dealt with by the Clinton-Gore administration. The vice president did not discuss the issue at all after his inauguration. Many Clinton-Gore campaign promises were never fullfilled. Why? because they were not practical goals. They met with too much resistance from opponents. This lesson ought to be taken to heart on a number of issues. While Gore and Clinton might have been sincere in their campaign promises, the voters should always wonder what influence the opposition had over them. Additionally, it is on curiosity how the European community backed the climate treaty, but when time came to ratify the documents it didn’t pass.
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“On Global Warming; Why no Carbon Tax?” The New York Times 25 May 2006, late ed. Sec 1:18
Reuter. “Dangers to Forests Seen from Warming.” The New York Times 17 Aug. 2003 late ed., Section C:7
Schneider, Keith “Gore Meets Resistance in Efforts for Steps on Global Warming..” The New York Times 19 Apr. 2003, Late Ed. Sec A:17
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For years to come there will always be a speculation on whether the climate change has really taken place or not. Many believe that large companies launched this topic in order to benefit from it in profit, as there are also those who are convinced that this are consequences that have emerged from human mistakes in understanding the environment. As humans are struggling to trust one another whether it is just a big conspiracy or not or environment changing itself, we are slowly starting to feel the effects of climate change. Because of the gasses (CO2) that are in the air, atmosphere is getting warmer, thereby triggering the Greenhouse effect. Almost 70% of emitted gasses in air are CO2, which leads us to believe that this is the main cause of Global Warming. Since it is billions and billions of metric tons per year that are being released in air, many scientists conclude that temperature will most likely be more higher in twenty years from now, than it was in near past.
The commonly used practice of tipping has been receiving backlash, nothing new there. Do we really know what a tip truly mean? What effects it has? Brian Palmer explains to his audience that tipping has become a moral obligation rather than what it is perceived to be: gratitude. In Brain Palmer’s “Tipping is an Abomination”, he argues that while tipping has grown into a common habit for many, tipping is a bad habit because no one knows what tipping actually means. Brian Palmer begins shows his credibility with personal inputs and reliable sources, using convincing facts and statistics, all while using some emotional appeal to help his argument.
During the 1960’s America was experiencing many historical changes, both pleasant and tragic events, such as Sexual Revolution, Vietnam War, Civil Rights Act and the rise of NASA. These movements have strongly impacted the way Americans’ live today.
The point has been made is that, when salary has going up and tipping is something that isn’t obligated, customers is the one who gonna get worse service, since the waiters not gonna try hard anymore to please customer for tipping money, therefore indirectly making the service quality going down. The customers, who should have felt good since they didn’t need to bother with “How should I tipped this right?” question, are now actually get a worse service because the waiters don’t even have a reason to care anymore. And it really raise a question: should we ban tipping practice or not? Even though Eater has made an extremely solid point that need to be considered, I still believed that the tipping system should be banned since it’s hurting the society on many other perspectives, and as the waiters now got what they think they’re deserved, they may actually perform a better job and provide better services. After all, you can’t give your 100% if you think you’re robbed by your employer, and we can only see how it gonna turns out if we beginning to treat the matter by applying solutions into real life instead of theorizing about
The gradual warming of temperatures doesn’t just effect us though, there are numerous other plants and animals that will be threatened, or even pushed to extinction due to these changes. I believe it is our duty to fix the problem that we created, but it is more easily said than done. Megablazes, droughts, or even species extinction due to human stubbornness is unacceptable. Although climate change is a gradual issue, the factors that contribute to it need to be managed right away. Again, Global warming is caused by UV radiation reflecting between the ozone layer and the earth. The ozone consists of greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide and methane, which humans are the main source of. If we could better manage our carbon dioxide and methane output through less omissions or a carbon tax, I think we could effectively begin to curb the problem of climate
At both the national and international levels, the policy debate over climate change is unfolding rapidly. But it is also becoming increasingly mired in controversy, and nowhere more so than in the United States. This raises a crucial question: Why is it that this country - the undisputed leader of the world in science and technology - is finding it so difficult to agree on policies to address an ecological threat that, if it materializes, could have catastrophic consequences for itself and the rest of the world?
Global warming is an issue we are all pretty familiar with. It is the climate change that we, humans, are responsible for. The warming of the earth’s atmosphere is caused by the fossil fuels we burn, clearing of forests, and the carbon dioxide and other harmful gases we release into the air (Cunningham, Cunningham, 2009). There are other harmful toxins we use such as pesticides that are supporting global warming. Some effects of global warming include: increase in weather catastrophes, melting glaciers, rising sea levels, and the impact on species could lead to extinction (Cunningham, Cunningham, 2009). “Many scientists regard anthropogenic global climate change to be the most i...
These reasons briefly are: tips do not drive hard work, perceived racial bias creates differences in service, and tip credit allows restaurants to under pay workers. All of these reasons are supported by facts, statistics, and examples. The facts and statistics in this article all appear to be from credible sources, which shows that Palmer researched his topic thoroughly before writing this article. An example of one of the well placed statistics in Palmer’s argument is “According to a 2000 study, a customer’s assessment of the server’s work only accounts for between 1 and 5 percent of the variation in tips at a restaurant.” (Paragraph 3). This statistic is not only shocking, but provides an insight for the readers on how little one’s services provided are actually being paid for considering a later fact mentioned about how little some restaurants are allowed to pay their
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Global warming and climate change in general is one of those subjects that I hold very close to my heart; not because I go around in my spare time hugging trees and gathering vegans in Toyota Priuses to form a peaceful protest against big oil, but because climate change is a subject that everyone and their mom likes to chime in on without really knowing that much about. If you even mention that term “global warming” in a group of people, even the person who you wouldn’t believe can even form a sentence has an opinion. People must feel like it makes them better than others because they can regurgitate whatever CNN and Fox tells them. I’ve done about two or three papers on climate change and global warming in my highschool career, and even though I was lucky enough to get to not talk about the subject since my freshman year, I guess this is the direction I chose to take for myself. Hopefully by the end of this I’ll convince you that there’s no reason to ever bring it up again and we’ll put the issue aside and worry about the real problems like getting the homeless jobs or deciding if we should just pass Marijuana and tax it until our economy stimulates.
This event marked the sits in throughout the nations; therefore, the nonviolent direct action groups like the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), made of African American clergy, and the student nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), were created. On 1961, the congress racial equality (CORE) begins sending volunteers who were student on bus trips to test the application of new laws prohibiting discrimination in interstate. They were known as “Freedom rides” which one of the first two groups, encounters it first problem two weeks later, when a mob in Alabama set the rides bus on fire, yet the program continues in which 1,000 volunteers , black and white started participated as Freedom Riders; as a result, it became facilities to travel in interstate in the south. April 12, 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. and Ralph Abernathy are arrested and go to jail in Birmingham during the protest, King then write his letter from a Birmingham jail. The same year, the march for jobs and freedom also knows as “march on Washington “in 1963 had more than 200,000 people gathered in the nation’s capital to demonstrate their commitment to equality for all. The same day Martin Luther King gave his famous speech “I have a dream’’. In July 2, 1964, the civil right act of 1964 was
Caperton, Richard W. "A Progressive Carbon Tax Will Fight Climate Change and Stimulate the Economy." Center for American Progress. N.p., 6 Dec. 2012. Web. The Web.
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Do you remember the old magic trick of the coin behind your ear? As a child you were so naïve and you believed almost anything adults told you. You were so enthralled by the magic trick so much, that you were insensible to notice the coin was hidden in their hand the entire time. Even though magic does not exist, you believed in it with all your heart because adults made the deception that it was. The government and politicians performs this same magic trick to us; the general public about Global Warming. We are so use to deceits and deceptions that we no longer can differentiate between the truth and lies that we are constantly fed. There are lucid evidence of Global Warming and the results of our actions, but the government performs this trick to distract us from authenticity. Just like a child, we accept practically anything the government says because of their authority. And for individuals that try to aware us of the truth, like scientist, we accuse them of being in denial and a non-believer.