Discuss some issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you.
any comments?? this is for stanford
Have you ever thought about global warming and its effects that it might have on earth? What have you done to reduce greenhouse gases? Global warming has been becoming a big problem throughout the years. People don't acknowledge that global warming is becoming worse every day. We may drive our car to a store four blocks away or go to another city, but the distance that we drive no matter how far it is, affects global warming in a small way. Most national governments have been working on ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but what have regular civilians done? We may have some opportunities to help reduce gas emissions such as using hybrid cars, but what about the cost? Not many families can afford a hybrid car and therefore cannot do their part in helping lessen global warming. Global warming can affect the earth in many ways. It can affect habitats, ecosystems, and even people. The only solution to solving global warming is by working together as a society and doing everything that is possible to reduce greenhouse gases.
Technology has gone a long way and as a strong society that we are now, we are capable of stopping global warming. Cars are responsible for almost a quarter of annual US emissions of carbon dioxide which is the primary global warming gas. In recent years new cars have been developed such as hybrid and those that use biofuels. Some people are happy that new efficient cars are being developed but the question is, are they taking advantage of the new cars? People might think about buying a hybrid car because gas prices have being going up lately, but they never think about global warming. Most people today drive regular gasoline cars and most cannot afford new efficient cars. In order for everyone to contribute on reducing the effects of global warming, hybrid cars or environmentally friendly cars would need to be distributed among most of the public. Some might ask about the money needed to do something like that. In this situation, money is the least of our worries. People would be more concerned about global warming. There are numerous ways we can reduce greenhouse gases, we just need to make it available to everyone.
Global warming has not been a big concern to some people because they might think that rising temperatures above average is something that happens naturally. What they do not realize is that if temperatures continue to rise over a long period of time, the earth may experience some problems that would be impossible to solve. Although severe climate changes occur through a long period of time, we still need to take action to better the future. If we do not do something today, future generations are going to have to deal with greater effects of global warming.
Global warming concerns me because it is getting worse every year and nothing is being done about it. Today hybrid cars are in demand and the government has spent some of our tax money on car industries such as GM and Chrysler to prevent them from collapsing. The tax money that was used could have been used more efficiently by making hybrid cars affordable to everyone and to develop full-size projects that would aim on reducing greenhouse gases.
There are several ways to reduce the effects of global warming, from using hybrid cars to using less electricity; we only need to make it available to everyone. National governments can only do so much to help reduce greenhouse gasses. It is up to everyone to do their part. Although some people have been doing their part in an effort to reduce greenhouse gases, most have not been changing when faced with the hard evidence of global warming; they are only going to change when they are in the midst of the crisis.
you need to talk about yourself and how this impacted on you
your arguments good but you need to focus this essay on yourself more. The rhetorical questions are good but not as effective as it could be. It is a little bit cliched.
read the prompt carefully - it says - "and its importance to you."
how is this important to you, how much important, why? etc etc
remember that this is not a high school report on global warming but rather an opportunity to talk to potential universities about an issue and why it is important to you. Sorry if i'm sounding repetitive but you get the point?
We may drive our cars to a store four blocks away or go to another city, but the distance that we drive no matter how far it is, affects global warming in a small way.
We may have some opportunities to help reduce gas emissions, such as by using hybrid cars, but what about the cost? Not many families can afford a hybrid car, and therefore cannot do their part in helping lessen global warming.
Although severe climate changes occur over a long period of time, we still need to take action to better the future. If we do not do something today, future generations are going to have to deal with even greater effects of global warming.
There are several ways to reduce the effects of global warming, from using hybrid cars to using less electricity; we only need to make them available to everyone.
they are only going to change when they are in the midst of a crisis.
:)
Kevin
