Greenpeace

According to Greenpeace, by the end of the century Earth’s temperature could get so high that the climate and weather patterns would be drastically altered. It is the goal of Greenpeace, over the next three years, to close a vast majority of coal plants across the United States. With current renewable energy sources like wind and sun, most of our primary energy demand can be fulfilled. With disasters like the BP and Exxon-Valdez oil spills, marine life is become more and more scarce. The most visible signs of effects of global warming would be the western states wildfires, Midwest floods, and historic droughts in the southeast. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) aims to reduce the climate impact of burning fossil fuels by capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from power station smokestacks and disposing of it underground. However, the technology is largely unproven and will not be ready in time to save the climate.

One way to help the environment would be with Carbon capture and storage however, it is largely unproven and will not be ready in time to save Earth. According to Greenpeace, renewable energy Sources like wind, solar, and geothermal can provide 96% of our electricity and 98% of our total heating demand — accounting for almost all of our primary energy demand (Stop Global Warming, 2012). Global warming has the potential to harm everything from whales to polar bears as well as deforestation. While Carbon Dioxide is a harmful greenhouse gas, it is not the most potent and is most significant to humans because we are the species that emits the largest amount. If not controlled, the speed for climate change will be increased with the chance that there would be an irreversible climate change.

This could be a moral issue, if the oil pollution is being done out of malice or with the specific intent to destroy the ozone. I believe that global warming is an issue that we all have to work for. We need to do our part and accept responsibility for what we have caused....