| Humans are being blamed for global warming. We | | | | Our Governments legislatures have helped with |
| have created the greenhouse gases that are causing | | | | regulations in air quality for factory emissions. |
| global warming. We have created holes in the ozone | | | | Factories today in the US are putting fewer |
| layer by burning fossil fuels and everything else. The | | | | pollutants into the air but it is not enough. Many |
| simplest solution would be for every person living in | | | | manufacturers faced the with overwhelming costs |
| the world today to plant a tree. Trees are natures | | | | for meeting these regulations have closed their US |
| "Air Scrubbers" they absorb carbon dioxide and | | | | plants and opened in China or third world countries |
| produce oxygen in return. Although carbon dioxide is | | | | with little of no regulations for air quality. Thus in a |
| not the major factor leading to global warming the | | | | sense we are defeating the purpose. Third World |
| increase in oxygen into the atmosphere will help to | | | | Countries welcome the factories because it means |
| dilute many of the carbon monoxides, sulfur and | | | | growth for their economy as it undermines ours. |
| others. Over the past decades with urban sprawl and | | | | What a web we have woven in just a few decades. |
| the deforestation of the Amazon trees have been | | | | As a "Baby Boomer" the largest generation of |
| cut down at alarming rates. I would venture to say | | | | consumers I can remember back in high school how |
| the rate of deforestation worldwide and the rate of | | | | we were going to change the world. We were the |
| global warming would run very close to each other. I | | | | generation that was going to make a difference! Well |
| constantly read articles on conferences and scientific | | | | we have. We didn't start the process, but we have |
| studies on the atmosphere debating who's to blame | | | | allowed it to continue and grow at alarming rates. We |
| and causes but no real solutions or steps are being | | | | sat back and enjoyed the best lifestyles of all times. |
| taken. We continue to build new homes striping the | | | | We drive gas guzzlers most often bigger than our |
| land of all the trees. | | | | first homes. We have built homes that could house |
| By burning fossil fuels we release carbon into the | | | | several families and cleared the land to build them. |
| atmosphere that has been buried deep in the earth | | | | We have enjoyed what our great grandchildren will |
| for millions of years. This has increased the carbon. | | | | never see. We must join in efforts to stop the global |
| Burning of coal has increased carbon and sulfur levels | | | | warming while there is still time. The most obvious |
| over the past decades. We have decreased the | | | | solution is to plant a tree. |
| number of trees at the same alarming rates. | | | | |