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= __How to Save the Earth__  = = THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT   = The green house affect is when heat gets trapped in the atmosphere by CO2, nitrous oxide, and methane. This is good for our environment and is a necessity. It keeps our planet warm. Now, these gases are getting admitted into the atmosphere too much and too much heat is getting trapped in the atmosphere. With out these gases the planet would be much colder and the dark side of the planet would freeze. These gases are needed but we don’t want too much of these gases.

GLOBAL WARMING: THE BIG PICTURE
Global Warming is the process of CO2 and methane gases getting trapped in our atmosphere and heating up the earth. These gases are trapping the heat in the earth’s atmosphere and making the earth too hot. The heat causes ice caps to melt which causes the sea levels to rise. The gases are caused by human activity. Many humans are now learning of the effects of global warming and are trying to cut down on the greenhouse gasses that they put into the atmosphere. If people don’t stop admitting the gasses, this will cause a rise in sea level, more hurricanes, and the temperature will rise. These things are very bad and with cause catastrophic events to happen in the future that will have a bad effect on earth and its inhabitants. 

** GLOBAL WARMING: CONTRIBUTING FACTORS ** Many things contribute to global warming. One major thing is power stations. This is 21.3% of the CO2 gases that are put in the air. The power stations produce CO2 because they burn many fossil fuels to create the energy. Also, industrial part of the world is 16.8% of the greenhouse gasses. The industrial part is all the factories and building that create the CO2 gasses. Transportation is a big concern too. The oil from the cars creates 14% of the gases that are admitted into the environment. Many people now are trying to buy hybrid cars to lower the addmition of greenhouse gasses into the environment. Finally, agricultural byproducts are a big concern. 12.5% of the gasses are from farms. The cows produce a large amount of methane that is given off into the atmosphere. Farmers are now turning the methane into a power source for their houses and other things on the farm.

GLOBAL WARMING: LOCAL EFFECTS ** Global warming affects oceans, climate, ecosystems, and weather. New England would change drastically. The summers would be hotter and there would even be more hurricanes. Hurricanes form in warm water and if the temperature keeps rising New England will start to get hurricanes and the southern states will have more. Also, New England won’t have its Nor’easters in the winter. The temperature will make the winter warmer, which will cause New England not to have severe snow storms. The water level will also flood major cities near the coast. If the sea level keeps rising Boston and other major cities along the coast will get flooded. If the major cities were flooded, other smaller cities and towns would have no major export. Also people might loose their jobs and the economy will just get worse.

** WHAT YOUR AUDIENCE CAN DO DIFFERENTLY: One specific area of focus: **** HYBRID CARS ** As you can see, the environment is being harmed very much by our daily admissions of greenhouse gasses. The Boston area has many buildings that give off CO2 gasses. Boston also has a lot of cars which give off the bad gasses. By buying hybrid cars this can reduce the greenhouse gasses by a big margin, help our environment, and cut down on the harmful gasses is by buying a fuel efficient hybrid car. Gas cars hurt the environment greatly. 14% of the CO2 gases are from transportation using gas vehicles that gives off CO2. Hybrid cars give off less CO2 and don’t use up as much gas. The hybrid cars will also save you a significant amount of money in the long run. A hybrid car cost $1,500 to $4,000 more dollars than a gas car, but you will stop less for gas which will save you a lot of money in the years to come. Gas cars give off 60-80% of the CO2 gasses into the atmosphere. Hybrid cars give off 30% less CO2 gasses. This, over time, will help our environment greatly. Global warming affects our whole plant. It is getting worse each day and we need to stop it. The polar ice caps are melting and causing the sea level to rise. If the sea level rises high enough Boston, New York, and other major cities will be flooded. Also, the temperature will rise drastically. Finally, we need to buy more fuel-efficient objects. Hybrid cars are a great way to save our environment from destruction. Global warming will pose as a great threat if we don’t do anything about it.
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