Top five problems starting with what I think is the worst.
1. Overpopulation
2. Global Warming
3. Depleting of natural resources
4. War/ Conflict around the world
5. Deforestation
It was tough to pick my top five for the worst problems that we are
facing. I chose overpopulation as number one because it is the main cause for
most of what follows beneath it. Overpopulation drives us to consume more which
depletes resources and when we are done consuming a lot of our pollution leads to
global warming. The reason why I had war lower in my list is because violence
and conflicts may reach a smaller number compared to everyone who is influenced
by global warming. The image tagged to this post shows the bank of a river
where pollution has taken up most of the scenery. While pollution is not aesthetically
pleasing, it is also devastating to life where it resides, killing plants and
animals.
Top five problems starting with what I believe is the most feasible
1. Deforestation
2. Depleting of natural resources
3. Global warming
4. War/ Conflict around the world
5. Overpopulation
Choosing which problems that were the most feasible was also
challenging. I chose deforestation as my most feasible because while deforestation
is still a big problem, we are already working on replacing trees that we cut
down. If we are able to switch to more natural resources that are renewable, we
will be better suited for the future. I chose this as number two because we are
moving towards more renewable resources, but the technology is not entirely
there yet to make the big change. The next three choices were very hard to put
into order, but I think that overpopulation will be the hardest to get people
to understand and any implementation to try to fix it will be extremely
difficult. The reason why I have global warming above war is because over the
thousands of years that we have had civilizations, there has been conflicts. I
also believe that trying to end every conflict within a small period of time
will be extremely difficult to implement with politics.
Will,
ReplyDeleteI found your ranking to be very accurate in accordance with my own opinion! Deforestation is one of the issues I put in my top 5 problems as well. I feel that this should be something that we could control at least to some extent. I found it somewhat difficult to list my issues in order because I feel that they are all major issues. I found the list of solutions you made to be interesting in that Global Warming was in the middle. Your explanation is good and makes sense, but had I been making the same list I feel I would have probably put it towards the bottom of the list as least feasible. The reason being is that there are several components that contribute to global warming, an to limit or eliminate a majority of these factors would be more difficult than say overpopulation. I still feel that over population is difficult to solve, but there are just fewer factors to attempt to control.
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