| Climate change is having a serious impact on our | | | | the past 100 years. Although this might not sound |
| environment and must be faced and dealt with now. | | | | significant it does have a major impact on our |
| Any further procrastination will result in the | | | | environment mainly because as we keep emitting |
| destruction of our atmosphere. We must reduce the | | | | these greenhouse gases the temperature will |
| amount of carbon emissions currently being thrust | | | | continue to rise thus causing major negative |
| into the atmosphere in order to curtail global warming. | | | | consequences. |
| One of the answers to this ever increasing problem is | | | | 40 billion dollars has been invested in renewable |
| to place focus on sustainable renewable energy | | | | energy in 2005 and is growing every year. |
| sources. The development of renewable energy | | | | "Greenpeace has been working with the renewable |
| sources not only has an impact on reduction of | | | | energy industry for many years seeking to promote |
| greenhouse gases it also has major favorable | | | | the benefits of the technology both in ecological and |
| economic results as well. Things such as tax | | | | economic terms". The sun produces a never ending |
| incentives and energy targets are enticing industrial | | | | source of energy that will last forever. We need to |
| companies to invest more into the cause. | | | | be able to harness this energy and make its use |
| The greenhouse effect is important in that it is what | | | | practical for everybody to use. This can be done by |
| keeps the warmth in the atmosphere and allows | | | | the use of solar photovolatics or better known as |
| earth to sustain life. With no greenhouse effect we | | | | solar panels. The use of solar panels for producing |
| would have an everlasting ice age and life as we | | | | energy is increasingly becoming more popular every |
| know it would not exist. As the industrial revolution | | | | year. Cost prohibitive in the past, new developments |
| took off we began burning more and more fossil | | | | are making it increasingly more affordable to the |
| fuels to keep up with an ever growing population and | | | | average person. We can even make our own solar |
| the increase in factories, motor vehicles and other | | | | panels at home. The government is even helping by |
| technological advances. As we burn more fossil fuels | | | | allowing feed in tariffs, which allows us to sell back |
| to keep industry running we are creating too much | | | | excess energy to the power companies, to |
| green house effect. All of this has caused the | | | | encourage us to convert to solar power. |
| temperature of the earth to increase by 1 degree in | | | | |