Global warming has been a hot topic throughout the years, however further so than ever before. Interestingly enough, this topic has been debated in crowded barber shops and beauty salons, to vast assembly accommodations full of national and international legislators. Occasionally those debates easily elevate irritability, by the barber or the patron of the business whom takes a firm stance on what he or she accept as true. Nonetheless the article "Is Global Warning a Catastrophe that Warrants Immediate action?" is similar to those debates in the places of business, but on a grander scale.
The Global Humanitarian Form and Bjorn Lomborg both appear to emanate to an agreement that Global Warming is an extremely serious concern, however they…show more content… Lomborg contends that investments internationally needs to neutralize the issue. One of the top researchers tells us: “Deep cuts in emissions will only be achieved if alternative energy technologies become available at reasonable prices". Consequently, this leads up to the question, if humans one way or another halted the emissions of greenhouse gases, how long would we contend with the effects of what was already destroyed, and what happens if sea levels continue to rise? If the destruction happened in 100 hundred years, how long before the current greenhouse gasses escape the atmosphere? Also, since human greed and activity has created this chaos, how can we cope with our destruction of our environment successfully without damaging the economy and human lives? I concur with Lomborg when he stated “our focus should be on the development of non-carbon discharging technologies, until we can put to rest using fossil fuels.”
I reason both Lomborg and The Global Humanitarian Form each made me think about what each conveyed, however I believe both of them left out one important group out of the discussion. It was briefly mentioned, however no one expounded on this, the collection of individuals whom is in domination of the fossil fuels. As long as there are monetary gains, who is going to hold them accountable? Lomborg states, “We need to engage in a sensible debate about how to tax CO2.” Passing the taxes on to the public will do nothing as long as the large corporations get away with not paying for their
