Global Issue

Today I read an article about global warming.

In the article it talked about how recently there has been a rise in global emissions and a decline in energy efficiency. It also talks about how the caps on the pollution of greenhouse gases are not going to help. well they are, but many say that the positive effects will come too late. The economist, Jeffrey D. Sachs, thinks that if we try to restrain emissions without a new set of technologies, we will hurt our economy. With as bad as the economy is right now, I don't think our country can take that risk. If the stock market takes another big hit, who knows what could happen. With the car companies already on edge, I don't think that we need to add this on to our plate. Sachs says that what we need to to develop a radically advanced low-carbon technology. This may work, but the funding would have to come from the government. That only means one thing. Higher taxes and our president promised no tax raises for anyone making less than $250,000 per year. That would mean raising taxes even more for that 5% of people that do earn more then $250,000 per year. Global warming is a big issue, even though it might seem that in Minnesota with our 40 below days that global warming isn't happening. This is going to take a long time to figure out a solution, but we don't have that much time until it is too late.

Revkin, Andrew D.. "A Shift in the Debate Over Global Warming." New York Times. (2008)