America has many problems. The problem most prevalent today is our ongoing dispute with Iraq. Over a year ago, we couldn’t get our minds off the tragic events of September 11th. The terrorists struck at the core of American life. It took that tragic event for us as Americans to start flying our flags again. What will it take for us to wake up and realize that the disintegration of the environment will lead to the total destruction of the earth?

The United States should agree to the Kyoto Protocol. The evidence of global warming is astonishing. There can be dreadful effects to the Earth from global warming. The United States has a high emissions rate and it will not get any better without addressing the problem. With all the new technology of today, there has to be a more efficient way to use energy. I will show evidence that supports my statements and prove that global warming is an important issue that needs attention.

Global warming has and will continue to affect the earth in many ways. The build up of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is causing the planet to become warmer. The website of the Natural Resources

A concern with all these “facts” about what will happen, if we, the United States, agree to Kyoto Protocol is that neither side knows for sure what will happen. All one can do is predict what will transpire if the Kyoto Protocol is put into place. I believe that our planet is important and if we, as Americans, want to safeguard our lives currently here on earth, in the future and the present, then action needs to be taken now. If we don’t take a chance to save Earth, it might be to late to do anything. What will it take for us, as Americans, to stop the destruction of our planet?

The greenhouse gas emissions rate for the United States in the year 2000 was 14.2 percent above 1990 emissions. The increase in emissions from 1999 to 2000 was 2.5 percent, whereas the average for that year was 1.3 percent (www.yosemite.epa.gov). The rates have been increasing every year. If the U.S. emissions rate doesn’t decrease, global warming will only get worse. Not only will it hurt our planet, it will also hurt the humans on the planet. Air pollution, emissions, causes disintegration of the earth’s atmosphere. The ozonosphere is a region in the upper atmosphere between 10 and 20 miles altitude. It contains a relatively high concentration of ozone that absorbs solar ultraviolet radiation (Webster’s dictionary) In essence; the ozone layer is a screen, or filter, that protects the earth from this radiation. Air pollution has a negative effect on this filter. The poisonous gases released in the emission of burning fossil fuels, cars, and factories “eat” away at this filter. In laymen’s terms, the more holes you have in your screen, the more mosquitoes will get in your house; the more holes in the ozone layer, the more ultra violent rays will get into the earth’s atmosphere. A high emission rate will obviously cause an increase in temperature in the earth’s atmosphere. The Kyoto Protocol attacks the issues of global warming and emissions standards, which have been proven to have a negative affect on our planet, therefore, Americans should accept the Kyoto protocol as a tool to lengthen the life of our planet.

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