domingo, 21 de septiembre de 2008

What´s Wrong With Our Planet


Our planet is surrounded by a layer that is the atmosphere, whose function is to catch a few rays of the sun and keep them inside the planet to retain a temperature 15 degrees Celsius, otherwise the rays of the sun and our planet escape drop to a temperature of -18 ° Celsius, this is known as greenhouse gases and is carried by the water steam , CO2, methane and others. In an adequate share, greenhouse gases fulfill their promise, but if they increase their focus the sun's rays can not escape, and the temperature rises with fatal consequences.

Greenhouse gases are increasing because of three main factors: the burning of fossil fuels, destruction of forests that absorb carbon dioxide and the increase in population. Everything is a vicious circle, the world's population increases, so there is a greater demand for food, water and natural resources, trees absorb a large percentage of carbon dioxide, but now they are destroying forests and jungles, the constant demands human results in the third vicious circle: obsolete technologies, human beings still using plants to coal-fired generating energy, this translates into 2500 million tons of carbon dioxide a year that was driven out into the environment; excessive use the car generates 1500 million tons of carbon dioxide that are going direct to the atmosphere.

Global warming brings a wealth of disastrous consequences, to get caught larger number of rays of the sun, the temperature rises, this causes droughts, water shortages and fires, too, though paradoxically, global warming produces more rainfall and floods severe, this is because the rays of the sun rising ocean temperatures, and this causes more evaporation and precipitation, but also when a hurricane comes in contact with warmer waters, is when the unimaginable happens. The increase in temperature causes also that the poles were thawed and consequently more fresh water enters the sea, this raises the level of the oceans, causing widespread flooding ... the problem is serious: if sea levels rise 6 meters, with locations it would devastate as Florida, San Francisco, Holland, Beijing, Shanghai, Calcutta, Bangladesh, Veracruz ... among others.

We can continue deluding ourselves, we continue to think there's still time to change, but that's not true we must begin to act now, this is where we can help our planet by using energy-saving light bulbs, switching off electrical appliances instead of leaving them suspended, reducing consumption of heating and air conditioning, if you can, buying a car with electric motor, while maintaining the well-inflated tires of the car, the car sharing, walking or using bicycles, using less hot water to bathe, wash clothes in cold water or tibia, recycling: separating trash, planting a tree in order ... a number of ways that do not require a lot of science, because it is from home that begins the change. We are destroying our planet, this wonderful world that has given us ... we are still in time, but we have to change our way of thinking and begin to act now ....
What can we do differently?, Beyond what is real and raw, there are things that teaches us and makes us think to change what we do not like. The more people become aware, the better will be our home. What kind of world we are leaving behind those who come to ours? Think of our children, nephews, friends, grandchildren ... it is time to worry about our future.

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