And in 2014 alone, worldwide we used a total of 6.6 billion tons of hard coal, and 1 billion tons of brown coal. At this alarming rate, we will have completely exhausted our coal reserves by the year 2088. Once we run out of these nonrenewable resources, where does that leave us? Where does that leave our children and grandchildren? Where does that leave the hundreds of thousands of generations to come, who will have to suffer because we didn't think of them? .
Many of the methods we use for obtaining nonrenewable resources, such as fracking and offshore drilling, are remarkably harmful to the Earth and many of the creatures that inhabit it, including us. Fracking is the process of drilling deep down inside of the earth, before a high-pressure water mixture is directed at the rock to release the gas inside. Water, sand, and chemicals are then injected into the rock at high pressures, which then allows the gas to flow out to the head of the well. This complex process has many environmental drawbacks. One being that it is possible for carcinogenic chemicals to escape from the fracking site, and contaminate the groundwater near and around the fracking site. This can be harmful to the animals that may drink this groundwater supply, and to us if these chemicals manage to infect the groundwater within a major aquifer. It is also believed that fracking may cause Earth tremors. Offshore drilling is a mechanical process in which a wellbore is drilled below the seabed. It is carried out in order to explore for, and extract petroleum supplies within rock formations beneath the seabed. This complicated process has much room for error, and oil mongols are pushing their limits by drilling deeper and deeper, despite the possible consequences. Oil spills are a possible devastating consequence of offshore drilling, one example of such instances was the catastrophic BP oil spill of 2010. This oil spill released 200 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, infecting the waters and poisoning the creatures that inhabit it.
While many people feel that a big city is a good place to live, I believe that the opposite is true. The following essay will demonstrate exactly why the latter position is more persuasive than the former. Firstly, big cities bring more pollution than small towns such as smog, noise, and traffic...
One of the most debated questions in metaphysics and philosophy is the one this essay will investigate. ... Each has tried to clarify the notion of free will and this essay will scrutinise the answers put forward and give its conclusion of the most persuasive of the arguments. ... These events cause an agent's choice through hereditary and environmental influences. ... This can be explained as a chemical process determined to happen through environmental and hereditary influences. ... Each of the previous arguments have persuasive elements that appeal to certain people. ...
Both articles discuss the authors' views on environmental issues. However, what makes this interesting is that they were written over a century apart from each other, yet they have similar claims and the use of persuasive techniques. ... He is an environmental writer and staff writer for the New Yorker. He has written many books on the environmental issues and how humans play a major role behind them. In this particular essay, he also uses a lot pathos and logos. ...
In Adam Smith's essay "Division of Labor," he reveals the many advantages of dividing the workforce into as many separate branches as possible. ... Though Adam Smith's argument lacks in presenting psychological and environmental logos, he is able to use many tangible examples to make his argument very appealing to the pathos of his readers. Smith's main goal with his essay is to convince the reader that his economic theories are logical for the betterment of society. ... The time period of the essay, as well as the audience that it was intended for, justifies Smith's...
Persuasive Essay -Human Cloning- Many ethical concerns have generated since the cloning of an adult sheep (the sheep's DNA was inserted into an unfertilized sheep egg to produce a lamb with identical DNA) proved to be successful. ... If one does not agree with this point then they obviously hold the belief that genes determine everything about ones life and environmental factors have nothing to do with human development (genetic determinism). ... According to this principle, simple physical traits such as height and hair color are largely determined by environmental factors. Also, t...
The aim of this essay is to discuss how branding effects us a consumer society, what makes us remember particular brands and what moral issues are raised by the over use of brands. ... If a product promises to reduce pollution in the atmosphere or reduce environmental decay then moral issues kick in, by buying these products, we feel we are helping to improve the world. ...
