Byron McNeil 10 February 2017
Clinton College
BUSINESS LAW II (BUS302-C)
Professor Angela Boyd
Journal 2 Essay Due: “Can we beat back the forces of climate change?”
Climate change refer to an increase in average global temperatures and weather patterns.
Natural events and human activities are believed to be contributing to an increase in average
global temperatures. This is caused primarily by increases in “greenhouse” gases such as Carbon
Dioxide.
It’s true that Climate change is real and most of it is due to human activities. Future
warming and long lasting changes of the climate system will increase the irreversible impacts for
people and for our ecosystems. Reason being, the quicker global warming accelerates the longer
it will take for us to respond to it. We can’t respond fast enough to all global warming’s quick
changes.
The poorest people will be hit the hardest. Oceans are warmer and the sea levels are
steadily rising. Both can multiply the intensity of storms. Yet, hotter temperatures are likely to
produce major disruptions in agriculture, increase disease, displace communities and threaten the
survival of species that play integral roles in both the ecosystem and the food chain.
There are many reasons for global warming. Science tells us that we should expect bigger
problems but they cannot tell us exactly what the problems will be or how to handle them. Matter
of fact, we do not have and we have not formulated a sensible plan of action. We can move
people and critical structure away from vulnerable areas.
We should liberate ourselves from the use of coal no matter what the circumstance may
be. Only the coal companies who own coal can reasonably object to not using coal.
Shutting down coal-fired electrical generating plants is the key to giving up and getting
rid of coal. We must adopt new ways and learn how to live environmentally friendly. Carbon
emissions must be worldly reduced.
Coal is what mainly contributes to climate change. In the United States, coal is the third
largest primary energy source, accounting for 18 percent of all energy consumed in 2012 with
the electric power sector accounting for 91 percent of U.S. coal consumption. Many
environmental problems are associated with the production and combustion of coal. One
