We Screwed Up Analysis

The future could be bleak. deMause wrote, “Fifty years from now, are we really going to be wondering if we really screwed up because we went on this big gas boom?” (550). The problem we still face is that we do not know enough about methane to safeguard the future. Climate change is a great concern.

These individuals are more than willing to risk oil spills, water pollution, reliance on fossil fuels, and higher unemployment rates. There are several environmental concerns that should be known. “If constructed, the pipeline, known as Keystone XL, will carry one of the world’s dirtiest fuels: tar sands oil. ”(1) It has been shown that the tar sand oil from this region of Canada is some of the dirtiest fuel on the planet; the extraction and refining process is just as dirty.

The author of the article Greg Ip, believes that despite Obama’s statement, the President knows very well that even though the pipeline will not go into fruition, fossils fuels will still

Totally agree with you Scott eventhought at the beginning he didn 't sound that insane, cause for example sometimes others people have eyes, body parts , etc, that bothers us just to even look at. However, after he make the decision to kill the old man and worse to dismember his body that 's when he became completely insane, and because the guilt was so strong he coudln 't resist lying to the officers been scare that he was gonna get cut he just started confesing to his crime. So yea hi was completely insane after killing the old man, but at the beginning to me was something normal in

In Robert Bryce’s article “The Dangerous Delusions of Energy Independence” he explains the depths of America’s delusional perception of energy independence and asserts his evident disapproval of the subject. He begins by mentioning past presidents and their verbal concerns of an upcoming energy crisis leading into the similar views held by America’s majority. The fact that energy independence will make America self-sufficient, create new jobs, keep U.S. soldiers out of the Persian Gulf, and result in a thriving economy has become a generally accepted attitude. Bryce claims that this attitude has escalated since the attacks of September 11th due to the numerous news stories proposing that “buying oil from the countries of the Persian Gulf

The energy crisis began after OPEC seized oil production because of the, “anger at the United States for aiding Israel.” (Farber, 22) This caused a mass panic amongst Americans and resulted in long waits to get gas and constant fuel outages. Carter was extremely adamant that Americans reduce their consumption of fuel in order to reduce the extent of the energy crisis, at one point suggesting putting heavy penalizing taxes on non-fuel efficient vehicles. Political journalist Nicholas Lemann recalled, “[The energy crisis was] the automotive equivalent to the Depression’s bank runs.”

In “Is Humanity a Special Threat?” author Greg Easterbrook states his thoughts about the Prince William Sound site oil spill, saying that in 10 years the William sound site will look as if it had never been affected by the destructive oil spill. In 1992, Easterbrook recalls himself aboard the research vessel Arctic Dream, in the waters of Prince William Sound. What he found amazed him. Author Easterbrook recalls the scene saying, “it was just 3 years later, and already the sound was so close to its former state, it was impossible to determine where the spill had occurred without resorting to navigation charts.”

Writing Performance Task Unit 2 In the articles “What could be better than a touchdown,” and “Why we run,” it talks about the importance of mental strength and physical prowess. The question is, “Is mental strength and physical prowess equal? or Is one more important than the other?” Mental strength is more important than physical prowess.

As we humans dissect the wild world, with bridges, roads, power lines, visible and invisible nation divides, jet contrails, hundreds of bear cubs from their mothers as Florida murdered over 300 Black Bears, mountains from their tops, forest from their trees. As we dismember ourselves with gated communities, cell phones, political parties, sports teams, my new daughter’s childhood with rape, we become less and less connected with the planet we depend on every second of every minute, of everyday for our very survival. Until we stand up and hold our ground against the likes of professional fraggers, like Coulter, Limbaugh, Trump, Cheney, Rove and many more, the ametuer fragging school shooters, the planet might just be better off if we hurry

In the mean time, as these “Band-Aid” solutions are implemented, the entire oil industry should work to more sustainable,

Vietnam: The Battle Still Rages On After ten years of war, the battle scars are not the only things the 2.6 million returning Vietnam Veterans brought home with them. A large number brought home the battles themselves, be it in their memories or nightmares or with any physical wounds they endured and suffered. America welcomed home the Veterans from World War II with open arms, parades, and celebrated them as heroes. But the returning Vietnam Veterans were welcomed home with no parades, angry protesters, being spat upon, being called baby killers, and having food thrown at them. None of the returning Veterans were celebrated as heroes.

Young people in the 21st Century need to reevaluate their ethics; David McCullough is helping them understand that by explaining that they need to be honest with themselves and their reality. His scathing criticism of them and their culture, philosophies, and ideologies, is justified and insightful; teens in the United States allows special to become a meaningless term, prefers to win instead of achieving, and cares too much about superficial accomplishments instead of internal growth. McCullough makes a point throughout his speech to say that being special is not just given to you; teenagers are not special by default. In the speech, while he is explaining why young people should look forward to more than just being special or different, in

Thomas Hill has an interesting perspective when it comes to human being’s relationship with the environment. Hill proposes that human beings should start looking at the problem of environmental destruction from a different view point. Instead of asking questions that pertain to the relativity of the environment to human beings, plants, God, and their intrinsic value, it must be asked what type of person, and their character traits, lead them to want to destroy the environment. More specifically, Thomas Hill raises the question of “What sort of person would destroy the natural environment--or even see its value solely in cost/benefit/terms?" (Hill 2008, pg 211).

In the book We Beat the Street by the three doctors people can learn a lot from what the doctors did. First, people can learn to not do drugs because people could infer that they wouldn’t have been doctors if they did do drugs. Next, to go to college most of the people didn’t go to college in Newark and they didn’t have the greatest of jobs and if people don’t go to college people will barely have enough money for a house and car and food. Connection text to self I want to go to college so I could have a good job.fter, people can learn to know your priorities, if the principal didn’t catch them going to the gym that one time they probably wouldn’t have a good future. In conclusion, people can learn a lot from what the doctors did in We Beat

Professor Jack Hall, a paleoclimatologist, discovered drastic climate changes which he believed would affect the world population. He, therefore, voiced out about the problem during a press conference with the world’s leaders in New Delhi. Unfortunately, the American vice president, Raymond Becker, did not heed his advice until matters were out of control. "Our economy is every bit as fragile as the environment (Strieber, 2004)," the vice president says, dismissing Jack 's sensational claims. Due to the advancement of technology in the United States, there were several greenhouse gases responsible for global warming, and the citizens of United States contributed to the emission of these gases in many ways.