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In this article of the New York Times discusses the effects that new ways of consuming energy have had on the world. As worded by the writer of the article, not only the environment has been helped but also the economy has been boosted.
Since the seventees, the national GDP has risen by near two hundred fifty percent, while the pollution has fell by fifty percent. It seems that the use of natural gas, re usable energy and other cleaner burning fuels, have managed to hit two birds with the same stone. It is refreshing to see ways in which science helps out the world.
Global warming and the environment has been a hot topic this year. I think that is great, and the US and other countries will continue to be more environmentally friendly. It will be interesting to see how this progresses in the future, and how the new administration will help or not help it.
ReplyDeleteThis is interesting, considering the context of the change in administration that's going to happen in January'17. We cannot be sure that the climate change initiatives advanced by Obama will be implemented, with Trump having already talked about restricting one of them, the Clean Power Plan (to reduce emissions from power plants). How much Trump plans on limiting or curtailing greenhouse gas regulations that the US has placed as obligated under the Paris Agreement is a question we need an answer to soon.
ReplyDeleteGoing green has been a hot topic in the recent years. It's important because global warming exists. It's real. No matter how ridiculous it sounds it is a problem many world leaders find important to address. We are stewards of this world. We may live off it, but we also got to take care of it too.
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting to see how in the charts displayed on the website that GDP and vehicle miles traveled were moving at pretty much the same rate until the late 90s early 2000s. Then after that you can see the effects of the efficiency gains because the steady incline of vehicle miles traveled slows down while GDP continues to increase.
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