One World
“Today’s problems cannot be solved if we still think the way we thought when we created them.” – Albert Einstein. Ironically, Albert Einstein’s famous equation E=mc^2 is the basic theory in which energy is generated from burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas, providing lighting in homes and supplying gas for transportation. However, getting energy this way is not very effective, nor sustainable and more importantly, it has not been ecologically friendly. In fact, harnessing fossil fuels and the industrialization of every industry from agriculture to plastics has had such an impact on Earth’s environment, it has caused a debate for a new epoch to be declaired, according to the International Geological Congress (Carrington).
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Activities such as the combustion of fossil fuels, agricultural practices, industrialization, and deforestaion “-are influential factors in inducing climate change. If not stopped or at least slowed, most scientists warn, climate change can have disastrous natural consequences for life on Earth” (“Climate Change: Should the U.S. government take aggressive steps to address climate change?” …show more content…
This is another reason why every nation should be held to the same levels of pollution control. With the rapid industrialization of China, it ranks number one surpassing the United States in CO_2 emissions. “China has become the highest producer of both sulfur dioxide (SO_2 an indirect greenhouse gas) and CO_2 (carbon dioxide) pollution in the world, with smog and poor air quality that contain particle levels well above average western safety rates” (Butler 1). According to one study conducted by the World Bank, China has 16 of the top 20 most polluted cities in the world. (Butler 1). “Only 1 percent of the country's 560 million urban citizens have access to air that is considered safe to breathe by European Union standards” (Butler