Persuasive Essay On Climate Change

A barren wasteland, incapable of supporting the growth of any form of life and overpopulated with more people than it could sustain. This is the future of the earth. But, this is not just another scene from a sci-fi film of a population that has expedited their vital resources but the reality for the “over 7 billion people” who populate the home we call earth (Hardaway). Due to the over consumption of nonrenewable resources, climate change has emerged and is here to stay. Climate change is the drastic change in regular climate patterns triggered by the increased presence of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere emitted by the burning of fossil fuels. Unfortunately, climate change will be the self-inflicted demise upon the human population. However,

In a technological age of information, why is it that people refuse to believe the irrefutable? People continue to deny that climate change is induced by human intervention because it requires individuals to bear the realization of their own fault. A fault that is too immense to carry.

Throughout life, people fear the unknown. For some it may evoke a sense of mystery or adventure but for many the unknown embodies fear. The fear of what if? What if the polar ice caps melt? What if drought stricken California is sucked dry? What if we run out of gasoline? People avoid these kinds of undetermined questions because the answer is never a pretty one. In a desperate attempt to conceal the fear, people drive themselves towards detaching themselves from the issue,

People fear the possibility of what if, but this method of thinking was governed by an external force. The two catalysts which play a major role in the publics’ negative perception of the validity of climate change is politics and special interest groups. Through faulty policies and dismissive attitudes towards climate change not enough has been done, identically the media outlets through which information about climate change is dispersed to the public is not effective. Politics governs our social lives in numerous ways, particularly in the United States both major parties—democrats and republicans—are influenced by lobbyists of powerful corporations such as those involved in the burning of fossil fuels. Americas’ reliance on fossil fuels is quite extensive due to its presence in our everyday lives regardless of the alternative forms of energy available. Despite the ability of society to transition towards green forms of energy the government hasn’t taken advantage of it because of their obligations to push the agenda of special interest groups which influence