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¶ … Michael Pollan ("Why Bother?") and Anna Lappe ("The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork") are both focused on providing well-defined information about reducing individuals' carbon footprints as the climate continues to heat up. They are both centered on issues related to the warming of the planet and on wise responses that can be made in light of that threat. And both articles, while quite different in focus and in tone, embrace the idea of reducing one's carbon footprint by changing food habits. Why are these articles valuable? There are elected representatives and high-visibility media personalities that have been carrying on a constant negative attack against those who believe in and are responding responsibly to global warming. To deny what is happening is to be ignorant about science, but those campaigning against global climate change are in fact having an impact on public opinion. So the truth about what an individual can and should do to lesson his or her carbon footprint is vitally important. Both of these authors present believable and practical advice regarding climate change and what people can do in their own homes and communities. This paper will discuss the salient ideas presented in both articles and how...
It is likely they were both written in order not just to show readers that there is a need to slow down global climate change, but to open eyes about aspects of climate warming -- and things citizens can do about it -- that have not been universally presented and hence, are not well-known. And they both have their own unique approach to getting the attention of the reader prior to laying out the important narrative.
For example, Pollan begins by explaining that no matter what we do, no matter how hard we try to do our part, "…it will be too little too late" because the warming of the planet is happening faster than earlier predicted and moreover "…personal choices, no matter how virtuous, cannot do enough" (Pollan, 2008, p. 2). However, reading on, Pollan explains that no matter how limited and seemingly token the gesture is, by growing one's own food he or she is taking a step towards reducing one's carbon footprint. Growing a garden means using sunlight (photosynthesis) instead of using "fossil-fuel fertilizers and pesticides" produced by corporations out there in the distance somewhere (Pollan, p. 3).
Growing a garden also means eating local (rather than eating produce shipped to your state from a distant state or country); it means keeping a compost pile which sequesters carbon in one's own soil; and if an individual rips out the lawn and plants a garden, he or she is not wasting water on keeping grass green but that person is using water…
Hybrid Cars From an individualistic perspective, hybrid cars may not make a great difference for consumers wishing to buy them to save money on gas. However, collectively hybrid cars can help reduce environmental problems. Government must take steps to incentivize the buying of hybrid cars to make them 'worth it' to consumers. What are hybrid cars? Hybrid cars are called 'hybrids' because they contain two engines. A hybrid car "features a small fuel-efficient
Hybrid Cars -- Persuasive Speech What do you think of living in a planet that has little pollution? How about the idea of passing on a green planet to your kids and grand kids? Sounds impossible? Well, its not if each of us start making a small contribution towards reducing the emission of green house gases to make our planet a safer and greener place to live. One of the ways to
16) Broader estimates, including all companies are more conservative, yet it is clear that the target market potential is exponential, and marketing will likely broaden its scope to other target markets in the near future. Possible risks to the industry are limited by quality and potential market saturation, when demand levels off with supply, as it will likely in the near future. As has been stated previously, it seems the
Cons of Owning Hybrid Cars: There are several cons to owning a hybrid car and they include the following: Lack of freeway cruising speeds in the majority of the hybrid models. The engines are not designed for consistently high speeds over 80 mph or above for example. The best selling hybrids have on average $5,000 prices above their invoices due to their high levels of popularity. With this significantly higher price, the savings
Works Cited Europe's hybrid and electric passenger vehicles. (2009, July 27). The Auto Channel. Retrieved August 5, 2009 at http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2009/07/28/472014.html Honda's cumulative world-wide hybrid sales pass 300,000 in January 2009. (2009, February 19). Green Car Congress. Retrieved August 5, 2009 at http://www.greencarcongress.com/2009/02/hondas-cumulati.html Kanter, James. (2009, March 26) Coke Tests a Hybrid Truck in Europe. Retrieved August 5, 2009 at http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/26/coke-tests-a-hybrid-truck-in-europe/ McCurry, Justin. (2009, July 19). Toyota picks UK to make new Auris hybrid car. The Guardian. Retrieved August
Bias Critique Thackery, John. "Hybrid autos REV up: but will SUV-addicted buyers opt for an environmentally friendly car that saves on gas but commands a premium price?" Electronic Business: Automotive Electronics. Oct 2002 v28 i10 pp. 64(5) Even before reading the article, "Hybrid autos REV up" an informed consumer of the media should know that quite often automobile and electronics magazines are highly favorable of the industries they chronicle. The industry