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Dear President of the conference,
First of all,thank you very much for organizing this important conference about global warming in our city.In fact,it is an opportunity for us all to raise awareness,inform and take courageous steps to prevent this threat from destroying our planet.
Global warming ,Sir, is accelerating, leaving environmental destruction in its wake. Already we are witnessing some of its devastating consequences: temperatures are rising, bringing more intense heat waves; sea levels are rising, producing more flooding; droughts and severe weather patterns are more frequent; wildlife is disappearing because of loss of habitat. These are trends which, if allowed to proceed unchecked, will culminate in humans huddled around the two poles in search of respite from the heat.
Of course, all these trends could be dramatically reversed if the world governments,namely US government, as head of the world’s biggest contributor to greenhouse gases, resolved to attack them. They would have to begin with a drastic reduction in the consumption of fossil fuels, such as gas, coal, and natural gas, which are the principal causes of carbon dioxide emissions and therefore global warming.
Since vehicles account for roughly one-third of the carbon dioxide production , the governments would immediately need to mandate the conversion of gas-propelled cars to electricity. And we already have the technology for electric cars, so this program would pose no insurmountable problem.
Power plants account for 40 percent of the production of carbon dioxide. Here the governments would have to launch a Herculean effort to create the technology that would allow us to generate power without detriment to the environment. But it could mount the same kind of campaign that culminated in the construction of the atomic bomb where the best scientific minds were assembled and assigned the task that many believed was impossible to accomplish. And in this case the project would have the virtue of benefiting humanity rather than destroying it. In the meantime, the government could expand the research and development of solar energy by providing generous subsidies.
Air travel produces 15 percent of the total production of carbon dioxide. For starters, the government could outlaw corporate jets since they transport a mere handful of people at a relatively tremendous cost to the environment. Then, after the developped countries reversed their own global warming trends, they could turn to other countries and help them do the same.
So solutions to global warming are available, but is there the will and desire to pursue implement these suggestions to save our world?