Blog #11:Global Issue

In my opinion global warming is an issue. And a global issue for that matter. Human activity has been driving this issue for the past fifty years. The release of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases from smokestacks, tailpipes, and burning forests has raised the average surface temperature. For a number of years now scientists, politicians, and citizens have talking about what is occurring due to global warming. I believe it's time to stop talking about what is occurring, and start to take action. We need to make a plan, and figure out what products hurt the earth, and what we can use to substitute. I understand that this issue has been brought to the government. However, we need to start making substitutions now. We need to start making harmful products illegal, and find a more "eco-friendly" substitution. Some do not believe in global warming, if anything they believe it is just a phase. How can you believe it is just a phase when there is hard evidence that global warming has been occurring for years. I understand everyone is entitled to their own beliefs and opinions, but when it comes to an issue like this. We need to take a stand together.

Carter, Bailey. "Global Warming." NewYork Times. 2009. United Nation Scientific Panel. 2 Feb. 2009 [http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/news/science /globalwarming]