USE OF RENEWABLE RESOURCES BY INDUSTRIES CAN HELP SOLVE
THE PROBLEM OF GLOBAL WARMING

FOUN 1008­ RHETORIC II
WRITING FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES

How Renewable Resources Can Solve The Problem Of Global
Warming

Introduction Greenhouse gases are gases that trap heat inside the Earth’s atmosphere. These gases include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and other gases. Greenhouse gases, despite popular belief, are not harmful in nature. Through the trapping of heat inside the atmosphere, these gases help to keep the Earth at a livable temperature. Without them, we’d be frozen. The problem lies in the significant increase in greenhouse gases emitted since the industrial revolution. During this revolution, factories began utilizing more coal to fuel their operations. The burning of coal releases more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere that trapped even more heat. This increase has resulted in a change in the Earth’s climate known as Global warming.
Global warming as the name suggests is the increase of the Earth’s temperature.

Fig 1: Natural Greenhouse Effect vs Human Enhanced Greenhouse Effect

Global warming can be very detrimental to life as we know it on earth. The climate changes can affect certain crops and livestock that sustain people in a given area due to increased risk of drought and floods The increase in temperature can also provide an easier way for diseases to

spread if other environmental conditions are also favorable. Wildlife that need cooler temperatures to survive are at an acute risk as well as the environment due to the increased risk of forest fires due to extremely dry conditions. Floods are also an increasing risk for islands and low­lying lands because warmer waters take up more space than colder waters and because the melting ice glaciers are just adding more water to the seas. While global warming might not be an extremely pressing issue at present, if this climate change continues into the future it would prove to be highly detrimental for future generations. In order to make this Earth livable for the persons coming after us, it is imperative that we seek to find ways to lessen the effect of global warming which is directly tied into the amount of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere by the many industries of the world. We must find solutions that will be cost effective while at the same time being beneficial for the environment. Solution According to skepticalscience, in order to avoid serious global warming, we need to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by the year 2050. In order for this goal to be accomplished, the following solution is proposed: we must seek to utilize more renewable fuel sources. The majority of greenhas gases emitted into the atmosphere come as a result of the burning of fossil fuels such as coal. Therefore we must look to reduce our reliance on these non­renewable resources sand turn our focus on the renewable fuel that will help us to avoid massive climate change. Renewable resources are those resources which are as the name suggests renewable. These fuel sources, excluding wood and biomass, do not give off any greenhouse gases when used.
According to the BBC, these sources include water power, solar power, tidal and wave energy.
These sources are in abundance and because they are produced naturally and do not take thousands of years to form such as it is with fossil fuels we will have these fuel sources for the rest of time. This solution will alleviate the problem by reducing the amount of greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere by industries. This will in turn help to slow down the process of global warming and in the long run benefit our environment for years to come.

Fig 2: Portraying How A Wind Turbine Works
There are other possible solutions to solving the problem of global warming. However, many of them are on the personal level and as such cannot provide any real relief to the problem. For example, according to the National Resources Defense Council, one way to combat global warming is by driving greener cars. ‘Green’ when talking about preserving the environment refers to those things which will not do much harm to it. While this is a good thing to do regardless, it will not help much in the quest to slow global warming. It is not practical to believe that everyone will do away with their old cars in favour for more environmentally friendly ones and this idea depends on mass amounts of people choosing greener cars over their usual ones. Secondly, it is advised that you use less hot water
. However, many people would not be willing to give up their hot water especially when the weather is chilly and many use hot water to aid in disinfecting of clothes and dishes. Therefore, the implementation of this solution is unenforceable and impractical and most people would not be willing to do decrease their intake of hot water. This proposed solution is practical because industries would need to switch from the non­renewable sources sometime in the near future anyway. According to the BBC, while coal will be depleted in approximately 250 years, natural gas will be depleted in just 70 and oil will be finished in a mere 50 years. Due to this, alternative fuel sources will need to be utilized sooner than we may think. Renewable resources are these industries’ best bet in the event of this happening. And through the use of these resources, we can help to erase our carbon footprint and make the world a livable place for the generations that will come after us. This solution is also superior because it will operate on such a large scale. With many companies using these more environmentally friendly we can substantially cut back on the greenhouse gases that we emit into the air. And due to the decreased greenhouse gases, we can avoid dangerous global warming and help protect the world we were given.

In conclusion, global warming is a serious problem that we face and the main cause of it is the increase in greenhouse gases emitted. In order to combat this, we must seek to utilize more renewable resources in our factories and industries.