Houston, We Have A Problem. It's A Little Too Hot.

-A name alone can cause an uproar given the proper situation. Names like Hitler, Osama, and Bush bring to mind the malign histories and less than reputable pasts. Now here is a name that most of our nation, at this point should be familiar are with. Global warming. What is global warming. Today's media groups whether Liberal or Conservatives wage social wars between one another due to the theory of "the earth warming up." As early as the 1880's and as recently as 2012, scientists have begun to notice an alarming rise in Global (land and oceanic environments) temperatures. Evidently millions are on an uncertain terms with the issue of Global Warming. Scientist and engineers are coming together and discovering new alternative of energies. But in the end the general public is still unclear what this all means.

  In today's energy market, the most conventional forms of energy are narrowed down to Fossil Fuels; Oil, Coal, and a new energy source, Natural gas. Oil which the U.S. imports from primarily Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Fossil Fuels which are the burning of microorganisms and dead organism, such as animals. Coal, which is mined from areas of the United States and Natural gas which is hidden deep in geological earth. The alarming rise in carbon dioxide has reached it's highest rate in 20 years, but in bring up an interesting point. Scientist argue that the new levels have become a hazard and some scientist like Roy W. Spencer argue that here are alternative motives to Global Warming. But in order to understand the arguments, we first need to know what exactly Global Warming is.

                               What is Global Warming?

  Really what is Global Warming? According to sites like Wikapedia Global Warming was coined to describe the earth's atmosphere and Ocean levels rising due to rising temperatures. But you may think so what, the earth is getting a little hotter. The issue is that "YES THE EARTH IS GETTING HOTTER"!!!! According to The New York Times, emissions causing Global warming or Co2 are caused by primarily coal and oil. Political uproar has been called about this. Many Politicians like Congress Woman Michelle Bochman argue that Co2 is a product of nature.(comment about Co2) Watch the video bellow.

 With the damage that is being brought on by using the traditional methods, power companies are trying to find brand new ways to produce energy. The most recent one involes using Natural Gas. The gas is hidden in pocket in the geological earth(usualy underneath towns) The methods in which is gas is captures is called Fracking, and no, not the Battle Star Gallatica kind.

   According to the BBC documentary, Fracking 101, fracking  involves drilling deep into the earths surface and using the water in the pipeline that breaks these pocket and relases the gas into the water along with added chemicals. It sound like a miracle product. Offering a new efficient form of energy and creating new job opportunities for stuggiling homes and families. The fact is that natural gas is unethical. As you can see from the NBC news report, a Colorado Husband and Wife's tap water is bursting into flames. But why? For the simple reason that "Fracking is Fracking dangerous. Here are the facts.

• The chemicals used to abstract the gas come from a water supply that has harmful chemicals in it. 
• The gas begins to migrate to other sources, like town water supplies, causeing the water to become contaminated by methane gas. 
• EPA investigaions could not come under way because of funding, and federal investigations are just beging. 
• In 2005 when George W. Bush signed for companies to begin extracting gas, he also signed that gas companies did not have to commply with the "Safe Water Drinking Act."

  The cost of the expenses in terms of the types of energy usage fluctuates in the millions. But the cost of environmental damage can be permanent. As the events of the BP oil spill have shown, the effects of drilling and mining for energy can leave permanent damages to our environment. But can we establish alternetives forms of energy usage? According to Roy W. Spencer, it is actually much more expensive and the energy made from renewable energy come up for only 8% of the nation energy.(Such as Windmills and Watermills)

  In the end, we are left with one question. Is global warming man made? Yes. Co2, while it is a natural product of nature, our coal and oil usage have multiplied the amount of carbon dioxide in 2010, according to the week news. Do we have a solution? Well according to Roy W. Spencer, we can not change our method in a snap. The amount of energy needed to use the energy we use today with coal is not sufficient and only makes up 8% of our nation. So what can we do, well for now, we can only do small thing. Unplugging electronics when not in use, walking instead of driving and just keep thinking of the bigger picture.


Sources:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNk--ZXoGVY

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