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As we all know, the fuss over climate change and global warming have grown into overwhelming amounts. Many have said that humans are the main cause of global warming; this is very far from the truth. As we have seen in the past, the Earth fluctuates through its own natural stages of warming up and cooling down since the prehistoric times. Scientists have been promoting the belief that our use of cars and other "harmful" technology is detrimental to the world due to release of gases such as carbon dioxide. They have said that we are wasting our resources and should be conserving them for the future generations. Because of this, people are actually recycling and using less electricity because they believe that if they don't, the world will reach an end. “Even if global warming were true, we have no actual proof that humans even contribute to it,” says one Republican Congresswoman. "The amount of funding needed to even do all the things environmentalists want to is just too enormous. Most of these researchers are coming up with these ideas and they aren't even climate scientists; what makes the situation worse is the fact they haven't shown any evidence to their claims. I can assure you that we would know if we were affecting the Earth in a negative way. We've seen little to no sight of major weather increase in the last decade. Obviously, the majority does not know what they are talking about. If I can't see it, I don't believe it!" ![]() With the growing problems, paper bags are now being instituted into grocery markets nowadays; this is wrong because now we have to mass produce paper and plastic bags just to give people the option between the two. People are even riding bikes a lot more, particularly in the United States. "It's so silly how people actually are riding bikes because they think cars are hurting the ozone," says an anonymous male U.S. citizen. "Okay, maybe carbon dioxide is causing ozone depletion; so what? That still doesn't make me want to ride bikes. Why would I want to tire myself out every time I want to get somewhere? People are literally riding miles and miles for no reason at all; global warming has become a hindrance in their transportation. Why would you force people to work their way around everywhere? If I wanted to workout, I would go to the gym! While they are all going around riding bikes all day, I'll be riding my new Maserati!" Scientists are pushing for mayors in cities to start encouraging recycling and reusing. Recycling bins are starting to be being placed all over towns and cities in attempts for people to stop throwing away plastic. Researchers are saying that plastic bags are hurting animals who mistaken the bags for food, and that plastic bags also hurt the environment. However, many argue that it is necessary to kill animals to survive and that we already kill them for food. It shouldn't be our fault birds and other predators eat plastic bags. Also, there doesn't seem to be any noticeable drastic damage to the ecosystem so why does it matter? Our world is perfectly fine the way it is. Climatic change is a natural occurring event that occurs many times throughout our history dating back to times such as the Ice Age. Instead of repudiating it, we should actually embrace it. In the near future, we will finally be able to visit Antarctica, something we would never have been able to do regularly in another time period. I chose to use global warming as my problem because its something that I personally feel very passionate about. I believe that global warming is very real and that each year it seems like the weather is becoming more and more unpredictable. I feel that we shouldn't try to pretend that problems don't exist; we should confront them with a solution. The satirical argument I created is one that is saying that global warming is not harmful to us at all, masking the true argument which is that it is indeed harmful. People who don't catch sarcasm quickly probably wouldn't get that this was a satire because you have to really be able to spot when sarcasm is present in the article. I chose to create a news article because I felt it would deliver a lot better than a song or video. In my article, I provide a lot of serious situations like the death of animals while still providing a little comedy to make the reader chuckle. I had a point, which was to show how silly it is to believe this, and I showed sarcasm such as when I explained us being able to one day travel to Antarctica on a regular basis. In the article, I presented an understatement when the male U.S. citizen says, "Okay, maybe carbon dioxide is causing ozone depletion...", a moment of verbal irony when the Republican mentions that most researchers aren't even climate scientists while she is a politician who practically knows nothing about science, and finally a parody that was meant for the Bill Nye and Republican Congresswoman Blackburn debate on climate change.
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Global warming is becoming an increasing issue in the world. Climate change is occurring, as we can see from the rise in sea level due to melting of polar glaciers and from the growing intensity of catastrophic hurricanes. A trend of increasing droughts and winter storms are even said to be linked to global warming, along with the depletion of the Earth's ozone layer; the rise in the use of greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, and methane are all said to be contributing to ozone depletion. The last few decades have been the warmest Earth's seen since 1850. Unless we take extreme, necessary precautions to prevent further destruction, it's only going to get worse. Sadly, a large portion of people, mostly in the United States, don't believe that global warming even exists; most of those who do believe global warming is real feel that humans aren't a contributing factor. They say that global warming has been occurring even before the age of man, claiming that it is a natural cycle that has fluctuated from the ice ages to now. They even have said we can't possibly know since we can't rely on the thermometers of previous times which could be inaccurate. National Geographic has reputed that we can use other sources for information about climate, such as trees which tell us about the environmental conditions throughout its years based on its rings. (Is Global Warming Real?) Climate change is real and its only getting worse. Within the scientific community, there is no debate; global warming is happening and it is because of human interference. Though natural amounts of carbon dioxide have varied, today's carbon dioxide levels are higher than its ever been in the past 800,000 years, being more than 40 percent of what we would consider to be normal. ![]() Climate change is real and its only getting worse. Within the scientific community, there is no debate; global warming is happening and it is because of human interference. Though natural amounts of carbon dioxide have varied, today's carbon dioxide levels are higher than its ever been in the past 800,000 years, being more than 40 percent of what we would consider to be normal. Works Cited
"How are humans responsible for global warming?" Environmental Defense Fund. Environmental Defense Fund. Web. 19 February 2014. http://www.edf.org/climate/human-activity-is-causing-global-warming "Are humans responsible for global warming?" Web. 19 February 2014. http://www.debate.org/opinions/are-humans-responsible-for-global-warming "Is Global Warming Real?" National Geographic. National Geographic. Web. 19 February 2014. http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/gw-real/ |
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