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Proposals to stop global warming
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"When two Englishmen meet, their first talk is of the weather", so quipped the famous writer Samuel Johnson. In recent years, the weather has become more than just a conversation starter. It has become a matter of grave concern to people all over the globe. Why? Because the weather seems to be increasingly erratic. The earth is our home. We all dwell on the planet earth; thus, its destiny is ours. Contemporary man has spewed billions of tons of pollutants into the air, in his quest for comfort, speed, and commercial gain.

Global warming per se is as old as industrial revolution. It refers to the rise in average global temperature that our planet has undergone, since the inception of industrial revolution in the eighteenth century. This warming is largely due to an atmospheric blanket of heat-trapping pollution that grows thicker as we burn fossil fuels, to produce electricity and power our vehicles. Certain potent greenhouse gasses are responsible for this excess trapping of heat in the atmosphere. For example: water vapor, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, sulfur dioxide and methane. Without these gases, heat would escape back into space, and earth's average temperature would be about thirty-three degrees Celsius colder.

Admittedly, this nightmarish phenomenon runs amok on the planet earth today. It is an environmental challenge that faces mankind - hence, I think, the governing bodies of nations that dwell on this earth, ought to brace up and zap this challenge. Though, taking efficacious preventive actions, may be far easier said than done - ignoring it either, is at man's peril, because, it is a portent of grave danger to posterity.

Actions towards alleviating the pollutants that gives rise to warming have to be global, since pollution is a global problem. To this end, I think, the best-intentioned leaders of indigent nations, should be obliged, and duty-bound to merge with other poorer nations, who simply cannot afford antipollution measures single-handedly, because of the cost. With this synergy, I think, they will make headway in ameliorating global warming pollutants.

Furthermore, I think the government of the First and Third worlds, should sign international treaties compelling them to reduce their pollutants emission. Economically wealthy countries, ought to take the lead in mitigating these pollutants, not using scientific uncertainty, about some aspects of climate change, as the cause of their dilatory approach in giving an immediate response. Clearly, entente cordiale is a sine qua non for addressing this global threat. To achieve this amity, the government of the sundry countries on the planet earth, should ratify international agreements; pass legislations, aimed at ameliorating greenhouse gas emissions.

Moreover, the government has to work overtime with its resources, to encourage alternative means of cleaner energy generation. To this end, the government should see it as its mantle, to fund sufficiently any emerging technological breakthrough - such as, fuel cell. This newly born technology needs to be refined for more down-to-earth uses. In essence, the government should encourage the development of this emerging technology, since it could replace the internal combustion engine in motor vehicles; produce electricity for commercial and domestic buildings; power small electric devices, such as: mobile phones and computers.

As a matter of necessity, the government should take major part in pollution management, by providing sewage pipes and refuse dumps far away from human habitation. The government should also set up a task force, which will ensure that pollutants from houses and factories are properly disposed of. Similarly, the government should set up a monitoring team that will visit the industrial areas and bring their reports and findings, as regards to the industrialists' allegiance to the existing environmental laws. In addition, individuals and corporate bodies wishing to open up companies and factories must be legally registered. Laws ought to be enacted, as regards to limitation of pollution emissions. The emitters of these pollutants must have mandatory limitations.

Attention and funding should be given to all environmentalists, to enable them work overtime with their ingenuity, and come up with more lasting technological solutions to environmental threats, such as: warming. More so, the government should prohibit the use of any machinery, engine, etc., capable of sprawling greenhouse gases - like: fairly used vehicles, aircrafts, industrial plants and generators, hydroplanes and ships, motorboats and motorbikes, refrigerators, air conditioners, etc.; and encourage the use of those that are chlorofluorocarbon(cfc) free. There should also be funding by the government for the development of energy-efficient mass transit - and by extension, encouragement of urban planning that alleviates urban sprawl of toxic, and radioactive wastes.

Since charity begins at home, the government should enlighten the general public, via the media, on how to make less-polluting choices - like: walking, biking, carpooling, and using mass transit, as well as limiting travel by using communication technologies. Secondly, planting of deciduous trees to shade houses, since trees can remove fifty pounds of carbon from the air each year. Thirdly, replacing incandescent lights with energy efficient fluorescent bulbs or light fixtures. Fourthly, purchasing energy efficient appliances that display the Energy Star Label. Fifthly, turning off lights, televisions and other electronic devices when not in use. Sixthly, purchasing a fuel-efficient car or alternative fuel vehicle, like fuel cell vehicle; and persuade them to model these practices by committing to a life of voluntary simplicity and earth stewardship.

Finally, the government should expedite actions intended for the mitigation of these pollutants, bearing in mind that action is of the essence. If we knowingly continue to live in a manner, which harms and jeopardizes life, we will continue to transgress the hallowed web of existence. An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure.

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