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Thursday, January 25, 2007

Global Warming in my Community

This post is in response of a question that Dustin, from Mr.Fisher class made on the Teen Life Project wiki: Do you think that global warming will harm your environment? (Dustin/Mr. Fishers class).

I believe global warming is a major problem here in Cartagena even if other people think there are a lot worst issues. To prove that global warming is an issue in Cartagena there are some things we should think of. One is the size of the city. This city is very small and this could be a disadvantage. Another thing we should think about is the amount of buildings here. A third thing you should count on is the temperature here. It is very hot and humid. These three things can make a great problem out of global warming in Cartagena.

The size of Cartagena affects global warming. Some people may believe that this city is very small to have global warming as a major problem. However, being small is actually a disadvantage. Because it is very small, the most minimum of pollution gets all concentrated. With time this pollution won't be the minimum but it will be a large amount. Because a large amount is concentrated in only one place, temperature will rise more than normal which is, obviously, global warming.

Second disadvantage is the amount of buildings in Cartagena. It rise a lot and still more are being build. You might be thinking this is only a problem because it doesn’t look nice, but because on homes there could be pollution, this is also a global warming problem. More people are moving here, or at least that is what all these buildings show. This means there are going to be a lot more refrigerators and tons more of air conditioners, which give out CFC’s. Also there would be a lot more computers which are bad for the environment, too. If more computers, refrigerators, and air conditioners are in Cartagena, the more it will get polluted. The more polluted it is, the worst the global warming is.

Finally, I could tell the original hot and humid temperature in Cartagena is also a disadvantage. I say the original because with time it has gotten warmer than what it was because of global warming. I believe this temperature indirectly pollutes because people like to stay fresh. For example, every night I turn on the air conditioner. If not I can't sleep because it is so hot. Also, sometimes I come so hot from school because I just had P.E or simply because the day was so hot that I turn on the air conditioner right away instead of waiting until night. Another example here are houses that have the central air conditioner on all day long. This gives out a lot of CFC's.

If we mix together all this the result is obvious. It's hot so the already existing homes and the future homes will have air conditioners. Also, in such a little city there are already a lot of cars, plus the ones that will come because of the new buildings. So much gases and CFC's produce damage to our ozone layer. So yes, absolutely, global warming will harm our environment.

1 Comments:

At 11:31 AM, Blogger Pau I said...

Hi Maripau!

I also think that global warming is a very big problem in all the world and also in Cartagena. I think that people should make car pools and turn off lights when they are not using them. That could make a big difference!

Bye!

 

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