Global Warming

Global warming is becoming a big problem and people just don't seem to get it. They think by just recycling they are doing something but it is not enough. Every year new facts on how global warming effects our planet are coming out but it does not seem to phase people. Since 1979 the polar ice cap has shrunk 20 percent which is causing floods that will continue to get worse if people don't get the message. Average temperatures in the Arctic region are rising twice as fast as they are elsewhere in the world. Arctic ice is getting thinner, melting and rupturing. The largest single block of ice in the Arctic which is called the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf, has been around for 3,000 years. It started cracking in 2000 and Within two years it had split all the way through and is now breaking into pieces. Some scientists predict that by the end of this century summers in the Arctic could become ice-free.

When we burn fossil fuels such as oil, coal and gas to generate power that produces the heat-trapping gases that cause global warming. The most important thing that we can do is save energy and there are many steps that we can take to do so. One way to save energy and get more for your dollar is to buy fluorescent light bulbs instead of incandescent light bulbs because fluorescent light bulbs last ten times longer while also saving you fifteen dollars on your electric bill every year. Buying energy efficient appliances such as refrigerates will cost more but it will also save you money on your electric bill and consume less than one fourth of the energy that previous refrigerator models did so you are also. Another way to help out would be to inflate your tires for fuel efficiency. If all Americans kept proper maintenance of there tires the nationwide gasoline consumption would go down two percent each year. Car pooling is also a good way to save gasoline consumption. If your like me and your the type of person who would rather drive instead of using public transportation than purchasing a hybrid car is a good idea. I recently entered a contest with the radio station 102.7 to win the 2008 Lexus Rx hybrid but I didn't win.

I hope that the steps that I suggested are helpful. You do not have to try and accomplish all of them but doing at least what you can, would be helping to slow down and hopefully one day stop global warming.